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| Terms for subject Environment (5179 entries) |
| zona de desastre | disaster zone (Zone that has been stricken by a disaster and where measures must be taken to reduce the severity of the human and material damage caused by it) | |
| zona de dret preferent de compra | pre-emption zone (Areas that are subject to the pre-emption right which is a privilege accorded by the government to the actual settler upon a certain limited portion of the public domain, to purchase such tract at a fixed price to the exclusion of all other applicants) | |
| zona de protecció hídrica | water protection area (Area surrounding a water recovery plant in which certain forms of soil utilization are restricted or prohibited in order to protect the groundwater) | |
| zona de vianants | pedestrian zone (Area where vehicles are not allowed) | |
| zona edificada | built-up area (Area which is full of houses, shops, offices and other buildings, with very little open space) | |
| zona entre marees | intertidal zone (1. The area between land and sea which is regularly exposed to the air by the tidal movement of the sea. Marine organisms that inhabit the intertidal zones have to adapt to periods of exposure to air and to the waves created by wind, which makes it the most physically demanding of the marine habitats. 2. The shore zone between the highest and lowest tides) | |
| zona industrial abandonada | abandoned industrial site (Site that cannot be used for any purpose, being contaminated by pollutants, not necessarily radioactive) | |
| zona marina protegida | protected marine zone (Sea area where marine wildlife is protected) | |
| zona militar | military zone (Area whose utilization is exclusively reserved to the army) | |
| zona no construïda | non-built-up area (Areas which are not intensely developed for housing, commerce, industry, etc.) | |
| zona residencial | residential area (Area that has only private houses, not offices and factories) | |
| zona residencial amb trànsit limitat | residential area with traffic calmings (Residential zones where raised areas are built across roads so that vehicles are forced to move more slowly along it) | |
| zona ripícola | riparian zone (1. Terrestrial areas where the vegetation complex and microclimate are products of the combined pressure and influence of perennial and/or intermittent water... and soils that exhibit some wetness characteristics. 2. Zone situated on the bank of a water course such as a river or stream) | |
| zona rural | rural area (Area outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, or any other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, a business or shopping center, or community development) | |
| zones de caça controlada | controlled hunting zone (An administered geographic area in which the pursuit, capture and killing of wild animals for food or sport, is allowed, often with certain restrictions or regulations) | |
| zones muntanyoses | mountainous area (Area characterized by conspicuous peaks, ridges, or mountain ranges) | |
| zones verdes | green space (A plot of vegetated land separating or surrounding areas of intensive residential or industrial use and devoted to recreation or park uses) | |
| zonificació | zoning (Designation and reservation under a master plan of land use for light and heavy industry, dwellings, offices, and other buildings; use is enforced by restrictions on types of buildings in each zone) | |
| zonificació econòmica | economic zoning (A land-use planning design or control where specific types of businesses or private sector investment are encouraged within designated boundaries) | |
| zoologia | zoology (The study of animals, including their classification, structure, physiology, and history) |