General agriculture

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ecological zones

Agriculture; General agriculture

Large biogeographical units of land/water that are characterized by their distinct species and communities. The major ecozones are further divided into many smaller ecoregions which share similar ...

Land areas classified by their biophysical attributes, (such as rainfed soil moisture availability, temperature, length of growing period), in order to cluster land use types into homogenous units ...

arid zones

Agriculture; General agriculture

Dry climatic type with less than 10 inches of precipitation per year.

euphotic zone

Agriculture; General agriculture

Surface layer of a body of water where sufficient light penetrates to allow photosynthesis to occur, down to the depth at which the light intensity falls to 1% of incident light.

casts (medical)

Agriculture; General agriculture

Dressings made of fiberglass, plastic, or bandage impregnated with plaster of paris used for immobilization of various parts of the body in cases of fractures, dislocations, and infected wounds.

benthic zone

Agriculture; General agriculture

The habitat at the bottom of a body of water, such as the sea floor or a lake bottom.

dryland farming

Agriculture; General agriculture

A system of producing crops in semiarid regions (usually with less than 20 inches of annual rainfall) without the use of irrigation. Frequently, part of the land will lie fallow in alternate years to ...