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Land/Mining Unit

TermDefinition
Urban Land mainly covered by buildings, homes, and industry
Rural Land with relatively few people and open space
Ecosystem Services resources produced by natural and artificial ecosystems
Urbanization movement of people from rural to cities
Infrastructure roads, sewers, railroads, bridges, buildings for public use
Urban Sprawl rapid expansion of a city into the countryside around the city
Heat Island increased temperature in a city
famine widespread starvation caused by a shortage of food
Cropland land used to grow food and fiber
Overgrazing allowing more animals to graze in an area than the range can support
Deforestation clearing of trees from an area without replacing them
Reforestation trees are planted to re-establish trees that have been cut down in a forest land
Wilderness area of land and the ecosystem that are protected from all exploitations
Mineral naturally occurring inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition
Surface Mining method used when ore deposits are located close to Earths surface
famine worldwide starvation causing by a shortage of food
Smelting crushed ore that is melted to separate impurities from molten metal
malnutrition disorder of nutrition that results when a person does not consume enough of each of the nutrients that are needed by the human body.
Reclamation returning land to its original or better condition are mining is complete
Rangeland Land used to graze livestock and wildlife
metropolitan urban populations have grown, many small towns have grown together to form a LARGE area
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