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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
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Term No.Term Name/Term DescriptionAction
2138
Saline soil
A non-sodic soil containing sufficient soluble salt to impair its productivity. The electrical conductivity of the saturation extract is greater than 2 mmhos per centimeter at 25oC. Crop plant growing is mostly inhibited in saline soils......
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5131
Non-saline alkali soil
A soil containing sufficient exchangeable sodium that interferes with the growth of plants and which does not contain sufficient quantities of soluble salts......
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5147
Saline sodic soil
A soil with sufficient exchangeable sodium to interfere with the growth of most crop plants and containing appreciable quantities of soluble salts......
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5148
Saline soil
A non-sodic soil containing soluble salts in such quantities that they interfere with the growth of most plants.
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7126
Contamination
The presence of a substance that would make some other useful substance, such as water, unsuitable for its intended use.  .....
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7277
Groundwater contamination
The pollution of water that occurs beneath the earth’s surface.  Can affect the water quality from springs and wells. Can result from nutrients applied intentionally to crops or landscaped areas or indiscriminate land disposal of potentially hazardous waste materials.   Such contaminants are then dissolved or suspended in free liquids, usually wa.....
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7580
Decontamination
Activities that remove or reduce the levels of hazardous substances in an area to make the area safe for the activities it supported prior to contamination......
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7731
Saline
Referring to water that contains dissolved salts, usually at concentrations from 10 000 to 33 000 mg/l.
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7732
Saline contamination
Contamination of water by intrusion of salt water.
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