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Land degradation — Serious land degradation in Nauru after the depletion of the phosphate cover through mining Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by one or more combination of human induced processes acting… … Wikipedia
Land improvement — or land amelioration is making land more usable by humans. In terms of agriculture amelioration includes: *Hydrological improvement (drainage, irrigation, leaching of saline soils, landslide and flood control) *Soil improvement (fertilization,… … Wikipedia
Land rehabilitation — is the process of returning the land in a given area to some degree of its former state, after some process (industry, natural disasters etc.) has resulted in its damage. Many projects and developments will result in the land becoming degraded,… … Wikipedia
waterlogged — wa|ter|logged [ˈwo:təlɔgd US ˈwo:tərlo:gd, ˈwa: , la:gd] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: water + log to cause to become like a log (17 20 centuries)] 1.) a waterlogged area of land is flooded with water and cannot be used waterlogged ground/soil ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
waterlogged — [[t]wɔ͟ːtə(r)lɒgd, AM lɔːgd[/t]] also water logged ADJ GRADED Something such as soil or land that is waterlogged is so wet that it cannot absorb any more water, so that a layer of water remains on its surface. The match between Brighton and… … English dictionary
marsh — marshlike, adj. /mahrsh/, n. a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes. [bef. 900; ME mershe, OE mer(i)sc (c. G Marsch). See MERE2, ISH1; cf.… … Universalium
Marsh — /mahrsh/, n. 1. Dame (Edith) Ngaio /nuy oh/, 1899 1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels. 2. Reginald, 1898 1954, U.S. painter and illustrator. * * * I Freshwater or marine wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and … Universalium
swamp — swampish, adj. /swomp/, n. 1. a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. v.t. 2. to flood or drench with water or the like. 3. Naut. to sink or fill (a boat) with… … Universalium
Watertable control — is the practice of controlling the water table in agricultural land by subsurface drainage with proper criteria to improve the crop production. Contents 1 Description and definitions 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Optimization 1.3 … Wikipedia
Soil — For other uses, see Soil (disambiguation). A represents soil; B represents laterite, a regolith; C represents saprolite, a less weathered regolith; the bottommost layer represents bedrock … Wikipedia
Irrigation — For its use in viticulture, see Irrigation in viticulture. For its use in medicine, see Therapeutic irrigation. LEPA redirects here. For the airport serving Palma de Mallorca, Spain, assigned the ICAO code LEPA, see Palma de Mallorca Airport.… … Wikipedia
