| catastrofe provocata dall'uomo |
man-made disaster |
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| categoria delle specie minacciate |
category of endangered species (Those of the planet's flora and fauna which are threatened with extinction. Hunting and poaching to fuel the trade in ivory, horn, skins, fur and feathers have long been a threat to already endangered species. Pollution, agricultural expansion, loss of wetlands, deforestation and other erosion of habitats have been added to the hazards. Human activity was responsible for most of the animals and plants known to have been lost in the past two centuries) |
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| categoria professionale |
occupational group (A collection of people who earn their living by similar or identical means of work) |
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| categoria professionale |
occupational group |
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| catena alimentare |
food chain |
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| catena alimentare |
food chain (A sequence of organisms on successive trophic levels within a community, through which energy is transferred by feeding; energy enters the food chain during fixation by primary producers (mainly green plants) and passes to the herbivores (primary consumers) and then to the carnivores (secondary and tertiary consumers)) |
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| catena alimentare |
trophic chain |
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| catena di frantumazione |
crushing system |
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| catena di inquinatori |
pollution chain |
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| catena montuosa |
mountain range |
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| catena montuosa |
mountain range (A single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age) |
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| catena petrolifera |
oil production (chain) |
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| catena produttiva del legno |
timber producing chain |
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| catena produttiva del legno |
timber producing chain (All interrelated steps of the lumber manufacturing process including tree felling, the removal of tops, branches and bark, the piling and sawing of logs, and the transportation and loading of finished boards or other products) |
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| catena trofica |
food chain |
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| catena trofica |
trophic chain |
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| catione |
cation (A positively charged atom or group of atoms, or a radical which moves to the negative pole (cathode) during electrolysis) |
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| catrame |
tar (A viscous material composed of complex, high-molecular-weight, compounds derived from the distillation of petroleum or the destructive distillation of wood or coal) |
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| catrame acido |
acid sludge |
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| catrame acido |
acid tar |
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