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| Terms for subject Environment (6786 entries) |
| drift net fishing (The use of fishing nets of great length and depth, aptly described as "walls of death" because of the huge numbers of marine mammals, birds, and turtles that became ensnared in them. The Tarawa Declaration of 1989 formulated at the 20th South Pacific Forum, aimed at banning drift netting in the South Pacific. In June 1992 the UN banned drift netting in all the world's oceans) | zveja ar driftertīkliem | |
| drilling (The act of boring holes in the earth for finding water or oil, for geologic surveys, etc.) | urbšana | |
| drilling (The act of boring holes in the earth for finding water or oil, for geologic surveys, etc.) | urbums | |
| drilling for oil (Boring a hole for extracting oil) | naftas urbumu ierīkošana | |
| drilling installation (The structural base upon which the drill rig and associated equipment is mounted during the drilling operation) | urbiekārtas montāža | |
| drinking water (Water that is agreeable to drink, does not present health hazards and whose quality is normally regulated by legislation) | dzeramais ūdens | |
| drinking 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) | dzeramā ūdens aizsardzības zona | |
| drinking water supply (The provision and storage of potable water, or the amount of potable water stored, for the use of a municipality, or other potable water user) | dzeramā ūdens apgāde | |
| drinking water treatment (The Directive on the Quality of Surface Water Intended for Drinking Water defines three categories of water treatment (A1, A2, A3) from simple physical treatment and disinfection to intensive physical and chemical treatment. The treatment to be used depends on the quality of the water abstracted. The Directive uses imperative values for parameters known to have an adverse effect on health and also guide values for those which are less adverse. There is also a directive which complements the "surface water abstraction" Directive by indicating the methods of measurement and the frequency of sampling and analysis required) | dzeramā ūdens apstrāde | |
| driver | transportlīdzekļa vadītājs | |
| drop-in refrigerant | šķidrais aukstumaģents | |
| drought (A period of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged so that the lack of water causes a serious hydrologic imbalance (such as crop damage, water supply shortage) in the affected area) | sausums | |
| drought control (Measures taken to prevent, mitigate or eliminate damage caused to the ecosystem, especially crops, by a sustained period of dry weather) | sausuma kontrole | |
| drug (A chemical substance used internally or externally as a medicine for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or cure of disease, for the relief of pain or to control or enhance physical or mental well-being; medicine) | zāles | |
| drug abuse | narkotiku lietošana | |
| dry cleaning (To clean fabrics etc. with a solvent other than water) | ķīmiskā tīrīšana | |
| dry deposition (The accumulation of both particles and gases as they come into contact with soil, water or vegetation on the earth's surfaces) | sausās nogulsnes | |
| dry farming (A system of extensive agriculture allowing the production of crops without irrigation in areas of limited rainfall. Dry farming involves conserving soil moisture through mulching, frequent fallowing, maintenance of a fine tilth by cross-ploughing, repeated working of the soil after rainfall and removal of any weeds that would take up some of the moisture) | agrotehnoloģijas sausos apgabalos | |
| dry lawn (No definition needed) | sauss mauriņš | |
| drying (The process of partially or totally removing water or other liquids from a solid) | žāvēšana |