| English | Estonian |
| continuous load The amount or quantity of polluting material found in a transporting agent that flows at a steady rate, in contrast to a sudden or dramatic influx | püsikoormus |
| critical load The maximum load that a given system can tolerate before failing | kriitiline koormus |
| heavy metal load The amount of stress put on an ecosystem by heavy metal pollution released into it | raskmetallikoormus |
| immission load The total amount of immissions introduced in a given environment | immissioonikoormus |
| load bearing capacity The maximum load that a system can support before failing | koormustaluvus |
| pollutant load The amount of polluting material that a transporting agent, such as a stream, a glacier, or the wind, is actually carrying at a given time | saastekoormus |
| pollution load The amount of stress placed upon an ecosystem by pollution, physical or chemical, released into it by man-made or natural means | saastekoormus |
| salt load | soolakoormus |
| sudden load Sudden immission in considerable amount of one or more pollutants in the atmosphere, in a water body or in the soil | äkk-koormus |
| waste water load The amount of spent or used water, often containing dissolved and suspended matter, that is found in a stream or some other body of water | reoveekoormus |
