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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salinization

Environment; Environmental conservation

The condition in which the salt content of soil accumulates over time to above normal levels; occurs in some parts of the world where water containing high salt concentration evaporates from fields ...

salt marsh

Environment; Environmental conservation

A low coastal grassland frequently inundated by the tide.

saltwater

Environment; Environmental conservation

Water that contains a relatively high percentage (over 0. 5 parts per thousand) of salt minerals.

saltwater intrusion

Environment; Environmental conservation

Process by which an aquifer is over drafted creating a flow imbalance within an area that results in salt water encroaching into freshwater supply.

sand model

Environment; Environmental conservation

A scale model of an aquifer; built using a porous medium to demonstrate ground-water flow.

saturated zone

Environment; Environmental conservation

The zone in which the voids in the rock or soil are filled with water at a pressure greater than atmospheric. The water table is the top of the saturated zone in an unconfined aquifer.