
Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Root zone
Root zone
That depth of soil which plant roots readily penetrate and in which the predominant root activity occurs. The area where a low-angle thrust fault steepens and descends into the crust.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Engineering
- Category: Civil engineering
- Government Agency: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Aviation Category: Airplanes & equipment
Airbus A380
Currently the world's largest jetliner, the Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body jet airliner manufactured by Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. The ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Air conditioners(327)
- Water heaters(114)
- Washing machines & dryers(69)
- Vacuum cleaners(64)
- Coffee makers(41)
- Cooking appliances(5)
Household appliances(624) Terms
- Project management(431)
- Mergers & acquisitions(316)
- Human resources(287)
- Relocation(217)
- Marketing(207)
- Event planning(177)
Business services(2022) Terms
- Railroad(457)
- Train parts(12)
- Trains(2)
Railways(471) Terms
- Medicine(68317)
- Cancer treatment(5553)
- Diseases(4078)
- Genetic disorders(1982)
- Managed care(1521)
- Optometry(1202)
Health care(89875) Terms
- Advertising(244)
- Event(2)