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Deutsch: Deponie / Español: Vertedero / Português: Aterro sanitário / Français: Décharge / Italiano: Discarica /

A landfill is the disposal area where garbage is piled up and eventually covered with dirt and topsoil.
Mostly a Landfill is a specially constructed site for safely and effectively disposing of garbage. So a Landfill is a location for the disposal of wastes on land designed to protect the public from hazards in waste streams; sanitary Landfills, designed to receive municipal solid waste, are distinguished from hazardous waste Landfills, designed to isolate hazardous substances.

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landings are the amount of fish brought back to the docks and marketed. landings can describe the kept

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Landsat 7 Satellite is a U.S. satellite used to acquire remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface and surrounding coastal regions.

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Deutsch: Landschaft / Español: Paisaje / Português: Paisagem / Français: Paysage / Italiano: Paesaggio /

A landscape is the set of traits, patterns, and structure of a specific geographic area, including its biological composition, its physical environment, and its anthropogenic patterns

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A landscape characterization is Documentation of the traits and patterns of the essential elements of the landscape, including attributes of the physical environment, biological composition, and anthropogenic patterns.

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A landscape ecology is the study of distribution patterns of communities and ecosystems, the ecological processes that affect those patterns, and changes in pattern and process over time (Forman and Godron 1986).

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Deutsch: Landschaftsindikator / Español: Indicador de Paisaje / Português: Indicador de Paisagem / Français: Indicateur de Paysage / Italiano: Indicatore del Paesaggio /

Landscape Indicator : Landscape Metric

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A Landscape irrigation is Water Conservation through landscaping that uses plants that need little water, thereby saving labor and Fertilizer as Well as water (Grisham and Fleming, 19

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A Landscape Metric (Landscape Indicator) is a

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Deutsch: Landschaftsgestaltung / Español: paisajismo / Português: paisagismo / Français: aménagement paysager / Italiano: paesaggistica

Landscaping in the environmental context refers to the practice of modifying an area of land in a way that enhances its aesthetic appearance and/or its ecological function. This can involve the alteration of the existing flora, the shaping of the terrain, and the addition of ornamental features.

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