Environmental conservation

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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ground water

Environment; Environmental conservation

Ground water, as opposed to surface water, is water that does not run off, and is not taken up by plants, but soaks down into an aquifer; a supply of fresh water under the earth’s surface which forms ...

ground water

Environment; Environmental conservation

surface water

Environment; Environmental conservation

Water on the surface of the ground (lakes, rivers, ponds, floodwater, oceans, etc.); precipitation which does not soak into the ground or return to the atmosphere by evaporation or transpiration.

renewable

Environment; Environmental conservation

Relating to a natural resource that is either never used up or that can be replaced by new growth. Sunlight is an example of renewable resource.

greentech

Environment; Environmental conservation

Greentech, a shortened form of “green technology”, is the application of environmental sciences and environmentally friendly practices to conserve the natural environment and resources, and to curb ...

ozone friendly

Environment; Environmental conservation

The term ozone friendly describes manufactured products that are not containing chemicals destructive to the ozone layer, i.e., chemicals liable to damage the atmospheric layer that blocks most solar ...

ground-water basin

Environment; Environmental conservation

A rather vague designation pertaining to a ground-water reservoir that is more or less separate from neighboring ground-water reservoirs. A ground-water basin could be separated from adjacent basins ...