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land cover | the
observed biophysical cover on the Earth's surface, e.g. grassland, forest,
croplands (6) |
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land use | the ways in which humans make use of land; the
arrangements, activities and inputs by people to produce, change or maintain
a certain land cover type (6) |
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La Niña | climate
pattern caused by unusually cool temperatures in the Pacific Ocean (10) |
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leachate highly concentrated liquid pollutant that seeps from solid wastes into soil (7)
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leaching | process
whereby liquids seep out or are washed out by rain into the soil below (1) |
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life expectancy | average
number of years that a person may expect to live (3) |
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liquid waste | human
excreta (both faeces and urine), industrial wastewaters, and other forms of
waste from water-using activities (7) |
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