Natural Resources: Types, Major Categories, and Conservation

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Natural Resources and Their Types

Types of Resources

  • Non-renewable resources: Formation takes a long and complex process. When they run out, they disappear forever.
  • Renewable resources: Even when consumed, they can be replaced.

Major Natural Resources

  • Air

    Cannot be over-exploited. Its main problem is pollution.

  • Soil

    Supports forestry, agriculture, and ranching.

  • Mineral Resources

    Rocks and minerals used as building materials or decorative elements.

  • Energy Resources

    • Non-renewable Energies
      The most widely used
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Sedimentary Environments, Remote Sensing, and GIS Analysis

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Sedimentary Environments

River

Dominant Sediments: Detrital sandstones and conglomerates with rounded clasts (pelit).
Features: Cross-lamination, graded bedding, current ripples, and potential for skeletons or footprints in clay.

Alluvial

Dominant Sediments: Conglomerates and breccias (poorly sorted).
Features: Graded bedding. No fossils.

Desert

Dominant Sediments: Predominantly classified sand and loess deposits made of silt.
Features: Dune and cross-laminated ripples. No fossils.

Glaciation

Dominant Sediments:

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Alicante Climate and Relief: Annual Averages & Geological Formations

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Alicante Climate

The average temperature in the city is 17.8 ºC, one of the highest in the peninsula, with hot summers averaging 25.5 ºC in August, and mild winters averaging 11.5 ºC in January. The average rainfall is only 336 liters per square meter, one of the lowest in Spain, with most rain falling in September and October. This is typical of the Mediterranean climate that Alicante is known for.

Annual Averages

The following table shows the annual climate averages for Alicante:

YEARTTMTmPPVRASNFGTSGRTN
199218.
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Atmospheric Phenomena and Their Environmental Impacts

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Atmospheric Conditions and Their Effects

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According to the information needed to relate the drawings:

  • A-2 An anticyclonic subsidence situation can cause temperature inversions, which impedes the mixing of air masses.
  • B-2 Strong winds due to the closeness of the isobars help quickly disperse the smoke coming out of the chimney.
  • C-1 A situation of low pressure produces an increase in the vertical movement of air, so it encourages the mixing height.
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Definitions:

  • Immission Value: Concentration of a pollutant
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Soil and Atmospheric Chemistry: Key Concepts

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Soil Chemistry

Soil Layer: Measured parallel to the soil surface to delve into an ore.

Rock: Extract which is not metallic.

Ionic Exchange: Has a capacity for interchange in soil or halt ions on the basis of clay content.

Soil Contamination: Composed of chemicals altered by human activity in the natural environment.

Parquet Flooring Structure:

  • a) Litter
  • b) Minerals
  • c) Rocks

Soil Components: Water, organic materials, and mineral.

Chemical Contaminants: Heavy metals and pesticides.

Physical: Heat

Biological:

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Key Terms in Geomorphology and Earth Sciences

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Albufera

Albufera: A shallow, brackish lagoon formed by a sandbar along a low-lying coast.

Anticline

Anticline: A dome-shaped fold in which the oldest materials are at the core.

Asthenosphere

Asthenosphere: The inner layer of the Earth, below the lithosphere, where convection currents are produced.

Badlands

Badlands: A badly eroded, hilly relief in arid clay areas, dominated by gullies caused by water streams and sparse vegetation.

Caldera

Caldera: A large, circular or elliptical depression in volcanic terrain,

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