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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holocene

Environment; Environmental conservation

The most recent epoch of the Quaternary period , covering approximately the last 10,000 years.

homogeneous

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Pertaining to a substance having identical characteristics everywhere. A synonym is uniform.

horizontal profiling

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A method of making an earth-resistivity survey by measuring the apparent resistivity using the same electrode spacings at different grid points around an area.

absolute humidity

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The amount of moisture in the air as expressed by the number of grams o water per cubic meter of air.

relative humidity

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Percent ratio of the absolute humidity to the saturation humidity for an air mass.

humidity saturation

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The maximum amount of moisture that can be contained by an air mass at a given temperature.

A coefficient of proportionality describing the rate at which water can move through a permeable medium. The density and kinematic viscosity of the water must be considered in determining hydraulic ...