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anthroturbation

anthroturbation noun: the disturbance of the soil and/or crust by human activity (mining etc).

Noun

anthroturbation (uncountable)

  1. The disturbance of the soil and/or crust by human activity (mining etc)

Origin of anthroturbation

From anthro- + turbation.

Questions about anthroturbation

What does anthroturbation mean?
Anthroturbation means the disturbance of the soil and/or crust by human activity (mining etc).
What part of speech is anthroturbation?
Anthroturbation is a noun.

Words near anthroturbation in the dictionary

  1. anthrosol
  2. anthrosols
  3. anthrostate
  4. anthrostates
  5. anthrosylvan
  6. anthroturbation
  7. anthrozoological
  8. anthrozoologist
  9. anthrozoologists
  10. anthrozoology
  11. anthryl

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