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Terms for subject Environment (5842 entries)
kış sporları merkezi winter sports resort (Resort where sports held in the open air on snow or ice, especially skiing are practiced)
kışı geçirme overwintering (To spend winter in a particular place)
kışlama overwintering (To spend winter in a particular place)
kılavuzluk pilotage (The service provided by a pilot, one who controls the movements of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic means)
kınkanatlı böcek beetle (Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form shell-like protective elytra)
kırmızı gelgit red tide (Sea water which is covered or discoloured by the sudden growth of algal bloom or by a great increase in single-celled organisms, dinoflagellates. Red tides are often fatal to many forms of marine life and, in some cases, can result in human deaths because the dinoflagellates are eaten by clams and mussels which concentrate the paralysing toxins which they produce)
kırmızı liste red list (The series of publications produced by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). They provide an inventory on the threat to rare plants and animal species. Information includes status, geographical distribution, population size, habitat and breeding rate. The books also contain the conservation measures, if any, that have been taken to protect the species. There are five categories of rarity status: endangered species; vulnerable organisms, which are those unlikely to adapt to major environmental effects; rare organisms, which are those at risk because there are few of them in the world, such as plants which only grow on mountain peaks or on islands; out of danger species, which were formerly in the above categories, but have had the threat removed because of conservation actions; and indeterminate species, which are the plants and animals probably at risk, although not enough is known about them to assess their status)
kırsal alanlara doğru kentsel yayılım urban sprawl (The physical pattern of low-density expansion of large urban areas under market conditions into the surrounding agricultural areas. Sprawl lies in advance of the principal lines of urban growth and implies little planning control of land subdivision. Development is patchy, scattered and strung out, with a tendency to discontinuity because it leap-frogs over some areas, leaving agricultural enclaves)
kırsal arazi hukuku rural law (A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government pertaining to matters of importance to residents of sparsely populated regions, especially agricultural and other economic issues)
kırsal bölge 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)
kırsal bölgelere su tedariği rural water supply
kırsal kalkınma rural development (Any course destined to promote economic growth, modernization, increase in agricultural production and the creation of a framework in which to fulfill primary needs, such as education, health and supply of water in the rural areas. The attainment of such objectives depends in general on the type of administrative systems proposed for the various programmes and on the national political situation as regards, for instance land tenure, agrarian reform, the disbursement of assistance and food policy)
kırsal mimari rural architecture (No definition needed)
kırsal nüfus rural population (The total number of persons inhabiting an agricultural or pastoral region)
kırsal yaşam ortamı rural habitat (The biotopes located in areas where agriculture is practiced)
kırsal yerleşim rural settlement (A collection of dwellings located in a rural area)
kırsal yönetim ve planlama rural management and planning (The activity or process of overseeing and preparing for the future physical arrangement and condition of any agricultural or pastoral area, which may involve protecting and developing natural and human resources that affect an area's economic vitality)
kırsal çevre rural environment (Environment pertaining to the countryside)
kısıtlayıcı şartları kaldırma deregulation (The removal or relaxation of government control over the economic activities of some commercial entity, industry or economic sector)
kısmen halojene edilmiş kloroflorohidrokarbon partially halogenated chlorofluorohydrocarbon (Hydrocarbons whose hydrogen atoms have been partially substituted with chlorine and fluorine. They are used in refrigeration, air conditioning, packaging, insulation, or as solvents and aerosol propellants. Because they are not destroyed in the lower atmosphere they drift into the upper atmosphere where their chlorine components destroy ozone)

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