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serviceshed

serviceshed noun: the geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.

Noun

serviceshed (plural servicesheds)

  1. The geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.
    • Some servicesheds overlap: the servicesheds of Farm 1 and Farm 2 fall entirely within Farm 3's serviceshed because Farm 3 takes water from further downstream.2016, Harold Mooney, Ecosystems of California, page 270

Forms of serviceshed

pluralservicesheds

Origin of serviceshed

From service + shed.

Questions about serviceshed

What does serviceshed mean?
Serviceshed means the geographical region that supplies ecosystem services to a beneficiary.
What part of speech is serviceshed?
Serviceshed is a noun.
What is the plural of serviceshed?
The plural of serviceshed is servicesheds.

Words near serviceshed in the dictionary

  1. servicers
  2. services
  3. services of process
  4. servicescape
  5. servicescapes
  6. serviceshed
  7. servicesheds
  8. Serviceton
  9. serviceware
  10. servicewoman
  11. servicewomen

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