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Livestock water use

A livestock water use is water used for livestock watering, feed lots, dairy operations, fish farming, and other on-farm needs.

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Lizard

Deutsch: Echse / Español: lagarto / Português: lagarto / Français: lézard / Italiano: lucertola

A lizard is a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species around the world. They are characterized by their elongated bodies, tails, and typically, four legs. Lizards play a significant role in ecosystems, impacting various environmental aspects.

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LLMW

LLMW is the Low-Level mixed Waste (LLMW). LLMW is waste that contains LLRW and hazardous waste.

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Locational Data

The Locational Data are the Latitude/longitude coordinates and other geographic information collected.

Locomotion

Deutsch: Fortbewegung / Español: Locomoción / Português: Locomoção / Français: Locomotion / Italiano: Locomozione

Locomotion refers to the movement or ability to move from one place to another. In the environmental context, locomotion pertains to how organisms, particularly animals, move within their habitats to find food, escape predators, migrate, or adapt to environmental changes. The different types of locomotion — walking, flying, swimming, or crawling — are crucial for survival and ecological interactions, influencing biodiversity, population distribution, and ecosystem dynamics.

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Log linear models

log linear models are statistical modeling techniques for dealing with categorical data.

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Logging

A logging is cutting down trees for commodity use.

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Loi sur les Nouvelles Regulations Economiques (NRE)

English: Law on New Economic regulations (NRE) / Deutsch: Gesetz über neue Wirtschaftsregelungen (NRE) / Español: Ley sobre Nuevas Regulaciones Económicas (NRE) / Português: Lei sobre Novas Regulações Econômicas (NRE) / Français: Loi sur les Nouvelles Régulations Économiques (NRE) / Italiano: Legge sulle Nuove Regolamentazioni Economiche (NRE) /

The Loi sur les Nouvelles Regulations Economiques (NRE) is France"s Corporate Governance Act, passed on May 15, 2001, the Act regulates financial reporting, competition and corporate activities.

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Long-Term Action

A Long-Term Action is a Response Action that eliminates or reduces a Release or threatened Release of hazardous substances that is serious but not an immediate danger to people or the

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Longer-wavelength UV

Deutsch: Längerwelliges UV / Español: UV de onda larga / Português: UV de onda longa / Français: UV à longue longueur d'onde / Italiano: UV a lunga lunghezza d'onda

Longer-wavelength UV refers to ultraviolet light that is near the visible spectrum, typically classified as UV-A light. This type of UV light has wavelengths ranging from about 315 to 400 nanometers. In the environmental context, longer-wavelength UV plays a significant role in both natural processes and as a factor in environmental health and safety.

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