Glossary F

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A Fresh Cow is a Cow that has recently given birth to a calf.

Fresh Kills are New York City's only operating landfill, located in Staten Island. Infamous as the largest landfill in the

A Fresh Milk is Dairy Products having original qualities unimpaired and those recently produced or processed.

German: Frischwasser
Fresh Water are water resources free from salt that are critical to living organisms ;

Deutsch: Süßwasser / Español: Agua dulce / Português: Agua doce/ Français: Eau douce / Italiano: Acqua dolce

A freshwater is water that contains less than 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of dissolved solids; generally, more than 500 mg/L of Dissolved Solids is undesirable for drinking and many industrial uses.

Freshwater life zones are Aquatic systems where water with a dissolved salt Concentration of less than 1\% by volume accumulates on or Flows through the surfaces of terrestrial biomes.

A Fronthaul is the first leg of the truck trip that involves hauling a load or several loads to targeted destinations.

Frontier Environmental worldview is the view by European colonists settling North America in the 1600s that the continent had vast resources and was a wilderness to be conquered by settlers clearing and planting land.

A frustule is the hard shell of a diatom

Deutsch: Brennstoff / Español: Combustible / Português: Combustível / Français: Carburant / Italiano: Carburante /

A Fuel is any material, like wood, coal, oil, or gas, that is burned to supply Heat or energy.