Concept: rinsing in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7227
Preferred label rinsing
Definition The removal of thin layers of surface material more or less evenly from an extensive area of gently sloping land, by broad continuous sheets of running water rather than by streams flowing in well-defined channels; e.g. erosion that occurs when rain washes away a thin layer of topsoil.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • έκπλυση [el]
Has broader
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