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  2. Clearing (geography) - Wikipedia

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    The clearing of woods and forests is the process by which vegetation, such as trees and bushes, together with their roots are permanently removed. The main aim of this process is to clear areas of forest, woodland or scrub in order to use the soil for another purpose, such as pasture land, arable farming , human settlement or the construction ...

  3. Glade (geography) - Wikipedia

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    In the most general sense, a glade or clearing is an open area within a forest. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Glades are often grassy meadows under the canopy of deciduous trees such as red alder or quaking aspen in western North America .

  4. Rhodes (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Rhodes (also spelled Rhoades, Rhoads, Roads, Roades, and Rodes) [1] is an English surname deriving from the Old English word "rod", meaning "a clearing in the woods". It arose as a locational surname for a person who either lived near woodland clearings, or was originally from one of many locations with the name, and is not connected to the Greek island of the same name. [2]

  5. Forestry mulching - Wikipedia

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    Time-lapse of Tigercat mulcher clearing brush. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses a single machine to cut, grind, and clear vegetation.. A forestry mulching machine, also referred to as a forestry mulcher, forest masticator, or brushcutter, uses a rotary drum equipped with steel chipper tools ("teeth") or blades to shred vegetation. [1]

  6. Clearcutting - Wikipedia

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    Slash and burn techniques are typically used by civilians in search of land for living and agricultural purposes. The forest is first clear cut, and the remaining material is burned. One of the driving forces behind this process is a result of overpopulation and subsequent sprawl. These methods also occur as a result of commercial farming.

  7. Heideggerian terminology - Wikipedia

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    In German, the word Lichtung means a clearing, as in, for example, a clearing in the woods. Since its root is the German word for light ( Licht ), it is sometimes also translated as "lighting", and in Heidegger's work it refers to the necessity of a clearing in which anything at all can appear, the clearing in which some thing or idea can show ...

  8. What is a clear title? How to check if a property has one - AOL

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    Clear title’ meaning. A clear title, also known as a “clean title,” is a property title that is free from liens or additional issues that could jeopardize ownership, such as boundary ...

  9. Logging - Wikipedia

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    Clearing 150,000 trees at Cwmcarn Forest, Ebbw Valle, Wales Clearcutting, or clearfelling, is a method of harvesting that removes essentially all the standing trees in a selected area. Depending on management objectives, a clearcut may or may not have reserve trees left to attain goals other than regeneration, [ 1 ] including wildlife habitat ...