Category:Glossary
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An agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the EPA is responsible for creating standards and laws promoting the health of individuals and the environment.
wetland ( wet·land / ˈwetˌland,ˈwetˌlənd )
areas inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support , and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.”
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347) helps federal agencies make decisions based on an understanding of environmental consequences and take actions that protect, restore, and enhance the environment.
Glossary Page Index
Pages in category "Glossary"
The following 248 pages are in this category, out of 248 total.
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B
- Glossary:B Words
- Glossary:Backshore
- Glossary:Baffle box
- Glossary:Bank
- Glossary:Bar-built estuary
- Glossary:Barrier island
- Glossary:Bathymetry
- Glossary:Beach
- Glossary:Beach berm
- Glossary:Benthos
- Glossary:Berm
- Glossary:Biodiversity
- Glossary:Biofilter
- Glossary:Biogeochemical
- Glossary:Biosphere
- Glossary:Biota
- Glossary:Biotic
- Glossary:Boat
- Glossary:Brackish
C
- Glossary:C Words
- Glossary:Causeway
- Glossary:Centralized Wastewater Treatment System
- Glossary:Channel
- Glossary:Chlorophyll
- Glossary:Coast
- Glossary:Coastal zone
- Glossary:Coliform Bacteria
- Glossary:Commercial fishing
- Glossary:Condensation
- Glossary:Conservation
- Glossary:Contamination
- Glossary:Cove
- Glossary:Craft
- Glossary:Crustacean
- Glossary:Current
D
- Glossary:D Words
- Glossary:Dam
- Glossary:Decompose
- Glossary:Decomposer
- Glossary:Decomposition
- Glossary:Delta
- Glossary:Desiccation
- Glossary:Detritus
- Glossary:Diatoms
- Glossary:Dike
- Glossary:Dinoflagellates
- Glossary:Diverse
- Glossary:Drain field
- Glossary:Drawbridge
- Glossary:Dredged channel
- Glossary:Dredging
E
- Glossary:E Words
- Glossary:Ebb
- Glossary:Echolocation
- Glossary:Ecosystem
- Glossary:Ecotourism
- Glossary:Effluent
- Glossary:Elasmobranch
- Glossary:Epibenthos
- Glossary:Erode
- Glossary:Erosion
- Glossary:Estuarine
- Glossary:Estuarine habitat
- Glossary:Estuary
- Glossary:Euryhaline
- Glossary:Eutrophication
- Glossary:Exoskeleton
- Glossary:External Loading
G
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
- Glossary:P Words
- Glossary:Panne
- Glossary:Parasitism
- Glossary:Pathogenic
- Glossary:Periphyton
- Glossary:Personal Watercraft
- Glossary:Petroleum derivatives
- Glossary:Photosynthesis
- Glossary:Phytoplankton
- Glossary:Plankton
- Glossary:Pleasure Craft
- Glossary:Point Source
- Glossary:Pollutant
- Glossary:Pollution
- Glossary:Polyhaline
- Glossary:Predation
- Glossary:Producer
- Glossary:Productive ecosystem
- Glossary:Protists
R
S
- Glossary:S Words
- Glossary:Salinity
- Glossary:Salt marsh
- Glossary:Saltwater intrusion
- Glossary:Sandflat
- Glossary:Scientific method
- Glossary:Sea level rise
- Glossary:Sea surface temperature
- Glossary:Seagrass
- Glossary:Septage
- Glossary:Septic tank
- Glossary:Shellfish
- Glossary:Ship
- Glossary:Shoal
- Glossary:Shore
- Glossary:Shoreline
- Glossary:Silt
- Glossary:Slack water
- Glossary:Small Craft
- Glossary:Spawn
- Glossary:Species
- Glossary:Spoil island
- Glossary:Spring tide
- Glossary:Stakeholder
- Glossary:Stenohaline
- Glossary:Storm surge
- Glossary:Subtidal
- Glossary:Succession
- Glossary:Supratidal
- Glossary:Surface water
