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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altithermal period

Environment; Environmental conservation

A period of high temperature, particularly the one from 8000 to 4000 B. P. (before the present era), which was apparently warmer in summers, as compared with the present, and with the precipitation ...

anisotropy

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The condition under which one or more of the hydraulic properties of an aquifer vary according to the direction of flow.

antecedent moisture

Environment; Environmental conservation

The soil moisture present before a particular precipitation event.

aquaculture

Environment; Environmental conservation

Farming of organisms that live in water, such as fish, shellfish, and algae.

aquaculture water use (water-use category)

Environment; Environmental conservation

Water used for farming of organisms that live in water, such as fish, excluding fish hatcheries (commercial water use), shrimp, and other shellfish. Activities included in SIC code 0273. Subset of ...

aquatic

Environment; Environmental conservation

Growing in, living in, or frequenting water.

aquiclude

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A unit of low permeability but is located so that it forms an upper or lower boundary to a groundwater flow system, now also called confining layer or leaky confining layer.