| A | B |
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| Wetlands | An area of land that floods for a portion of the growing season |
| Degradation | A general lowering of the earths surface by erosion or weathering |
| Development | A significant event, change, or occurence to the land |
| Silviculture | The care and cultivation of forest trees |
| Polution | The act of contaminating to soil, water, or the atmosphere |
| Drought | A long period of abnormally long rainfall |
| Dredge | Machine equiped with scooping or suction devices used to deepen harbors and in underwater mining |
| Flood | An overflowinf of water ontoland that is normally dry |
| Erosion | A natural process of weathering away of the land |
| Recreation | An activity that amuses or stimulates |
| Subsidence | To sink or lower of normal level |
| Nutrient | A source of nourishment |
| Soil | The top layer of the earths surface |
| Estuary | An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of the river |
| Habitat | An area where an organism normally lives |
