Concept: landscape after mining in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4649
Preferred label landscape after mining
Definition The process of mining disfigures the surface of the land, and in the absence of reclamation leads to permanent scars. The process spoils the vital topsoil, disrupts drainage patterns, destroys the productive capacity of agricultural and forest land and impairs their aesthetic and social value.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • meatzea ustiatu osteko paisaia [eu]
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