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Environmental conservation
Terms related to protecting natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.
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groundwater storage
Environment; Environmental conservation
Large amounts of water are stored in the ground. The water is still moving, possibly very slowly, and it is still part of the water cycle. Most of the water in the ground comes from precipitation ...
grout curtain
Environment; Environmental conservation
An underground wall designed to stop ground-water flow; can be created by injecting grout into the ground, which subsequently hardens to become impermeable.
growth water-use efficiency
Environment; Environmental conservation
A measure at the individual plant level of how well plants use available water in growth. The units of dry matter synthesized are divided by the units of water lost.
gully
Environment; Environmental conservation
A deeply eroded channel caused by the concentrated flow of water.
gully reclamation
Environment; Environmental conservation
Use of small dams of manure and straw; earth, stone,or concrete to collect silt and gradually fill in channels of eroded soil.
gyres
Environment; Environmental conservation
Major circular flow patterns in the oceans. The wind- driven eastward- and westward-flowing equatorial currents are blocked by the continents and rotate slowly in a clockwise direction in the North ...
hail
Environment; Environmental conservation
A form of precipitation which forms into balls or lumps of ice over 0. 2 inch in diameter. Hail is formed by alternate freezing and melting as precipitation is carried up and down in highly ...
