| English | Basque |
| agricultural land Land used primarily for the production of plant or animal crops, including arable agriculture, dairying, pasturage, apiaries, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, animal husbandry and the necessary lands and structures needed for packing, processing, treating, or storing the produce | laborantza-lur |
| 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 alkalino |
| arid land Lands characterized by low annual rainfall of less than 250 mm, by evaporation exceeding precipitation and a sparse vegetation | lur arido |
| 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 aridoko ekosistema |
| building land Area of land suitable for building on | orube eraikigarri |
| building land Area of land suitable for building on | eraikitzeko orube |
| cultivation of agricultural land Cultivation of land for the production of plant crops. Agricultural land may be employed in an unimproved state with few, if any, management inputs (extensive rangeland), or in an intensively managed state with annual inputs of fertilizer, pest, control treatments, and tillage | lurraren nekazaritza-ustiapen |
| 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-eredu digital |
| 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 |
| intervention on land Stepping in or participating in problem solving efforts for troublesome or perplexing situations involving ground areas or the earth's surface | lurrean esku sartze |
| land access The permission or freedom to use, enter, approach or pass to and from a tract of land, which often consists of real estate property | lurraldera sartze |
| land allotment Procedure by which big land properties are divided in parcels of smaller size | lurra alorretan banatze |
| land allotment Procedure by which big land properties are divided in parcels of smaller size | lurraren zatikatze |
| 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 eta ondasunen erregistro |
| land-based activity | lurreko jarduera |
| land-based marine pollution | lur-jatorriko itsas poluzio |
| land-based marine pollution | lur-jatorriko itsas kutsadura |
| land carrying capacity The maximum extent to which ground or soil area may be exploited without degradation or depletion | lurraren karga-ahalmen |
| land carrying capacity The maximum extent to which ground or soil area may be exploited without degradation or depletion | lurraren ahalmen jasangarri |
| land clearing Removal of trees, undergrowth, etc. in preparation for ploughing, building, etc. | lurren garbiketa |
| land conservation The care, preservation and re-use of solid areas of the earth's surface, especially soil regions valued as a natural resource or utilized as an agricultural resource | lurraren babes |
| land consolidation Joining small plots of land together to form larger farms or large fields | lursailen batze |
| land cover Land cover is the physical state of the land surface. It is the combination of vegetation, soil, rock, water and human-made structures, which make up the earth's landscape. The land cover is the interface between the earth's crust and the atmosphere, influencing the exchange of energy and matter in the climatic system and biogeochemical cycles | GISren lur-estaldura |
| land development Planning of infrastructures, services and industrial settlements in order to promote the socio-economic growth of certain land area | landa-garapen |
| land disposal The discharge, deposit or injection of any waste onto or into the soil or other land surfaces | lurrera botatze |
| land disposal The discharge, deposit or injection of any waste onto or into the soil or other land surfaces | lurrera isurtze |
| land ecology Study of the relationship between terrestrial organisms and their environment | lurraren ekologia |
| land forming | lurraren eraberritze |
| land mammal | ugaztun lehortar |
| land mammal | lehorreko ugaztun |
| land management and planning Operations for preparing and controlling the implementation of plans for organizing human activities on land | lurraren kudeaketa eta plangintza |
| land-management intervention area Any expanse of land which requires a person or agency with authority to interpose or interfere in how it is used or administrated | lurra kudeatzeko eremu |
| land occupation The use, settlement or possession of solid areas of the earth's surface | lurraren okupazio |
| land planning The activity of designing, organizing or preparing for the future use of solid areas of the earth's surface, especially regions valued for natural resources, utilized as agricultural resources or considered for human settlement | lurralde-antolamendu |
| land pollution The presence of one or more contaminants upon or within an area of land, or its constituents | lurraren poluzio |
| land pollution The presence of one or more contaminants upon or within an area of land, or its constituents | lurraren kutsadura |
| land reclamation Making land capable of more intensive use by changing its general character, as by drainage of excessively wet land; irrigation of arid or semiarid land; or recovery of submerged land from seas, lakes and rivers | lurra gaitze |
| land register A register or survey of land, containing information on the surface of properties, tenants' names, commencing with the earliest owners through successive ownership and partitions, and such like | jabetza-erregistro |
| land restoration The treatment of any unusable land usually by filling with refuse or levelling until the land can be brought into productive use | lurren berreskuratze |
| land restoration in mountain areas Measures adopted to control erosion and degradation phenomena in the mountain regions caused by the loss of forest cover due to acid rain, uncontrolled forest cutting, winter skiing resorts construction, etc. | mendialdeko lurren berreskuratze |
| land setup The formulation of regional objectives, plans and programmes and the harmonization of the regional effects of sectorial planning | lurralde-antolamendu |
| land tax Property tax. A tax laid upon the legal or beneficial owner of real property, and apportioned upon the assessed value of his land | landa-lurraren gaineko kontribuzio |
| land transportation Transport of persons and goods by a network of roads or railways | lurreko garraio |
| land use The term land use deals with the spatial aspects of all human activities on the land and with the way in which the land surface is adapted, or could be adapted, to serve human needs | lurrraren erabilera |
| land use classification The arrangement of land units into a variety of categories based on the properties of the land or its suitability for a particular purpose. It has become an important tool in rural land-resource planning | lurrraren erabileraren sailkapen |
| land use plan The key element of a comprehensive plan; describes the recommended location and intensity of development for public and private land uses, such as residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and agricultural | lurra erabiltzeko plan |
| land use planning The interdisciplinary process of evaluating, organising, and controlling the present and the future development and use of lands and their resources in terms of their suitability on sustained yield basis. Includes an overall ecological evaluation in terms of specific kinds of uses as well as evaluations of social, economic, and physical contexts to the land concerned | lurra erabiltzeko plangintza |
| land use regime Relation existing between the landowner and the tenant farmer who cultivates the land | lurraren erabileraren erregimen |
| land value The monetary or material worth in commerce or trade of an area of ground considered as property | lurren balio |
| marginal land Low quality land the value of whose production barely covers its cultivation costs | bazter-lur |
| public access to land The right or permission for all persons of a community to use government owned geographic areas such as parks, campgrounds and historical sites | lurralderako sarbide publiko |
| semi-arid land ecosystem The interacting system of a biological community and its non-living environmental surroundings in regions that have between 10 to 20 inches of rainfall and are capable of sustaining some grasses and shrubs but not woodland | ekosistema erdiarido |
| waterlogged land Waterlogging is an effect of canal irrigation; it occurs when the water table rises to within 3 meters of a crop's roots, impeding their ability to absorb oxygen and ultimately compromising crop yields. Many factors contribute to waterlogging. These include inadequate drainage, improper balance in the use of groundwater and surface water, seepage and percolation from unlined channels, overwatering, planting crops not suited to specific soils, and inadequate preparation of land before irrigation | urez betetako lur |
