Habitat

The immediate space where an animal or plant lives and has food, water and protection. Habitat loss, which includes the destruction, degradation, or fragmentation of habitats, is ...

habitat

Literature; Fiction

On Optimal-2 planets (rare), habitats are defined by Jathrin domes: Above-ground field-generators controlling atmospheric conditions (weather) and providing security perimeters. ...

habitat

Environment; Biodiversity

The area in which an animal or plant normally lives, such as a rain forest, a pond, or a coral reef.

habitat

Biology; Ecology

An organism's native environment.

watershed

Agriculture; Rice science

The total area from which a single river collects surface water runoff; the catchment or drainage area of a river system.

watershed degradation

Agriculture; Rice science

A marked deterioration in the hydrological behavior of a river system which reduces the potential of land and water by causing a water flow of inferior quality, quantity and ...

waterlogging

Agriculture; Rice science

Impeded drainage; or soil saturated with water but not necessarily with standing water.

waterlogged field

Agriculture; Rice science

A field which continuously has standing water and cannot be drained. The water level may not be deep.

water use efficiency

Agriculture; Rice science

1). Expressed in terms of dry matter or harvested portion of the crop produced per unit of water consumed. 2). Ratio of the water used for evapotranspiration, seepage, and ...

water table

Agriculture; Rice science

The upper surface of ground water and the level below it where the soil is saturated with water.

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Eugenics

Eugenics is a bio-social movement which advocates the practise that very talented people should spread their genes by having more children, and less ...