Glossary R

The Environmental Glossary. Letter R +++ Popular Articles: 'Range', 'Resource', 'Recycling'
A Residual Contamination is contaminants left at a site after the risks posed by the site have been reduced and the site no longer threatens people or the environment, or that currently is not possible to remove

A Residual fuel oil is the heavier oils that remain after the distillate fuel oils and lighter hydrocarbons are distilled away in refinery operations and that conform to ASTM Specifications D396 and D975. Included are No.

A Residual volume (RV) is That volume of air remaining in the lungs after maximal exhalation.

A Resin Modified Emulsion Pavement: is Resin modified emulsion pavement contains a binder made primarily from tree resins.

A Resistance block is Type of soil moisture probe used to Monitor soil moisture conditions to help determine when water should be applied (Bosch and Ross, 1990).

A Resistance flow (R) is the ratio of the flow-resistive components of pressure to simultaneous flow, in cm H2O/liter per sec.

Deutsch: Auflösung / Español: Resolución / Português: Resolução / Français: Résolution / Italiano: Risoluzione /

A resolution is a formal statement from Congress. Other definitions are following:

Deutsch: Ressource / Español: Recurso / Português: Recurso / Français: Ressource / Italiano: Risorsa /

A resource is (in EMAP) an ecological entity that is identified as a target of sampling and is a group of general, broad ecosystem types or ecological entities sharing certain basic characteristics.

- Resource assessment (See : - resource assessment (See : A resource assessment (See is assessment.

A resource class is a subdivision of a resource; examples include small lakes, oak-hickory forests, emergent estuarine wetlands, field cropland, small estuaries, and sagebrush dominated desert scrub.

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