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Soil fertility and quality of land have been impacted by the effects of colonialism and slavery both in the U.S. and globally. The introduction of harmful land practices such as intensive and non-prescribed burnings and deforestation by colonists created long-lasting negative results to the environment.
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
derelict land An area of land which has been damaged or devalued by some process, either natural or man-made (e.g. extractive industry), and/or simply neglected, causing it to be abandoned by human interests (and often other organisms) and leaving it incapable of being used productively in its present condition. [4] See also brownfield land. desert
Baymouth bar – low and narrow strip of alluvial land made from sand or pebbles; Beach – Area of loose particles at the edge of the sea or other body of water; Raised beach – Emergent coastal landform; Beach cusps – Shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern
Ogden, Goelet (1999), "Kemet and Other Egyptian Terms for Their Land", in R. Chazan, William W. Hallo and L. H. Schiffman (ed.), Ki Baruch Hu: Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Judaic Studies in Honor of Baruch A. Levine, Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Judaic Studies in Honor of Baruch A. Levine, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Penn State ...
Arable density (m² per capita) by country. This is a list of countries ordered by physiological density."Arable land" is defined by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, the source of "Arable land (hectares per person)" as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land ...
Such ideas of miscegenation between Asian and Anglo, and Mexican and Anglo, found fertile ground in the New South of Fresno County. One year – 1924 – stands out as a watershed for race ...
Arable land is the land under temporary agricultural crops (multiple-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category. Data for 'Arable ...