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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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Environmental conservation

concentration

Environment; Environmental conservation

Amount of a chemical or pollutant in a particular volume or weight of air, water, soil, or other medium.

condensation

Environment; Environmental conservation

The process that Occurs when an air mass is saturated and water droplets form around nuclei or on surfaces.

conduit

Environment; Environmental conservation

A natural or artificial channel through which fluids may be conveyed.

cone of depression

Environment; Environmental conservation

Natural depression in the water table around a well during pumping.

confining bed

Environment; Environmental conservation

A body of material of low hydraulic conductivity that is stratigraphic ally adjacent to one or more aquifers. It may lie above or below the aquifer.

confining layer

Environment; Environmental conservation

Geological material through which significant quantities of water can not move; located below unconfined aquifers, above and below confined aquifers. Also known as a confining bed.

conjunctive management

Environment; Environmental conservation

Integrated management and use of two or more water resources, such as an aquifer and a surface water body.

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