underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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Desertification
the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China"
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(geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Environmental ecology.(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Environmental ecology, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the geological features of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Environmental ecology, Landscapes and landforms.(geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) the principle that in a series of stratified sedimentary rocks the lowest stratum is the oldest
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Geomorphology and geology.(geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eas…
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To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision; "open-angle glaucoma is the most comm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.a change in the world's climate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.(geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.Transformation; change of shape.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pern…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gradual, transformation, habitable, land, desert.
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