Fissure

Fissure

A long narrow crack in a rock or cliff. If water has dissolved minerals in it passes through a fissure,it becomes filled with minerals.

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fissure

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fissure

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A crack or crack-like depression.

fissure

Environment; Land preservation

A long narrow crack in a rock or cliff. If water has dissolved minerals in it passes through a fissure,it becomes filled with minerals.

fissures

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Elongated fractures or cracks on the slopes of a volcano. Fissure eruptions typically produce liquid flows, but pyroclastics may also be ejected.

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Crack extending far into a planet or moon through which magma travels to and erupts onto the surface.

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Water on the surface of the ground (lakes, rivers, ponds, floodwater, oceans, etc.); precipitation which does not soak into the ground or return to the atmosphere by evaporation ...

wastewater

Environment; Land preservation

Water containing waste including greywater, blackwater or water contaminated by waste contact, including process-generated and contaminated rainfall runoff.

brackish water

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greywater

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treated water

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Water that had been treated chemically and/or physically to make it suitable for its intended use.

disturbed area

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A disturbed area is an area that has been exposed to disturbance, whether caused by natural forces, e.g., wildfires or avalanches, or by human intervention, e.g., road ...

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