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Terms for subject Environment (5949 entries)
lugorri fallow land (Arable land not under rotation that is set at rest for a period of time ranging from one to five years before it is cultivated again, or land usually under permanent crops, meadows or pastures, which is not being used for that purpose for a period of at least one year. Arable land which is normally used for the cultivation of temporary crops but which is temporarily used for grazing is included)
lugorri-eremu fallow area (Land area normally used for crop production but left unsown for one or more growing seasons)
lur alkalino alkali land (Any geomorphic area, often a level lake-like plain, with soil containing a high percentage of mineral salts, located especially in arid regions)
lur arido arid land (Lands characterized by low annual rainfall of less than 250 mm, by evaporation exceeding precipitation and a sparse vegetation)
lur aridoko ekosistema arid land ecosystem (The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in a climatic region where the annual precipitation averages less than 10 inches per year)
lur eta ondasunen erregistro land and property register (The system of registering certain legal estates or interests in land. It describes the land and any additional rights incidental to it, such as rights of way over adjoining land)
lur gaineko ur surface water (All waters on the surface of the Earth found in streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, marshes or wetlands, and as ice and snow)
lur gaineko uren kudeaketa surface water management (The administration or handling of water naturally open to the atmosphere (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, streams, seas, etc.))
lur industrial etze industrial wasteland (Area of land which is no longer usable for cultivation or for any other purpose after having been the site of an industrial plant)
lur orotako ibilgailu all-terrain vehicle (A land carriage so constructed that it can be used on any kind of road or rough terrain and can be operated for many purposes, such as carrying goods, transporting the injured, conveying passengers, etc.)
Lur-Eguzki erlazio Earth-Sun relationship (The Earth depends on the sun for its existence as a planet hospitable to life, and solar energy is the major factor determining the climate. Hence, conditions on the sun and conditions on Earth are inextricably linked. Although the sun's rays may appear unchanging, its radiation does vary. Many scientists suspect that sunspot activity has a greater influence on climatic change than variations attributed to the greenhouse effect)
lur-eredu digital digital land model (A representation of a surface's topography stored in a numerical format. Each pixel has been assigned coordinates and an altitude)
lur-jatorriko itsas kutsadura land-based marine pollution
lur-jatorriko itsas poluzio land-based marine pollution
lur-jausi landslide (Mass-movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport, under gravitationary influence of soil and rock material en masse)
lur-lantze working the soil (Ploughing the soil for agricultural purposes)
lur-zizare earthworm (Any of numerous oligochaete worms of the genera Lumbricus, Allolobophora, Eisenia, etc., which burrow in the soil and help aerate and break up the ground)
lurmutur headland (A cape or promontory jutting seawards from a coastline, usually with a significant sea cliff; geography)
lurpeko andel underground storage (Storage located underground designed to hold gasoline or other petroleum products or chemical solutions)
lurpeko biltegi underground storage (Storage located underground designed to hold gasoline or other petroleum products or chemical solutions)