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Index Keyline design

Keyline design is a landscaping technique of maximizing the beneficial use of the water resources of a tract of land.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Australia, Cityscape, Conservation biology, Conservation movement, Contour plowing, David Holmgren, Ecology, Environmental protection, Environmentalism, Erosion, Farm water, Fertility, Gravity feed, Habitat conservation, Keyline, Natural capital, Natural environment, Natural resource, Nature conservation, Nicholas Burtner, Organic farming, P. A. Yeomans, Permaculture, Renewable resource, Ridge, Soil salinity, Sustainability, Sustainable agriculture, Terrace (earthworks), Topography, Valley, Water conservation.

  2. Agricultural technology
  3. Desert greening
  4. Permaculture
  5. Permaculture concepts

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Cityscape

In the visual arts, a cityscape (urban landscape) is an artistic representation, such as a painting, drawing, print or photograph, of the physical aspects of a city or urban area.

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Conservation biology

Conservation biology is the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species, their habitats, and ecosystems from excessive rates of extinction and the erosion of biotic interactions.

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Conservation movement

The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.

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Contour plowing

Contour bunding or contour farming or contour ploughing is the farming practice of plowing and/or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.

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David Holmgren

David Holmgren (born 1955) is an Australian environmental designer, ecological educator and writer.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Environmental protection

Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments.

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Environmentalism

Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Farm water

Farm water, also known as agricultural water, is water committed for use in the production of food and fibre and collecting for further resources.

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Fertility

Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.

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Gravity feed

Gravity feed is the use of earth's gravity to move something (usually a liquid) from one place to another.

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Habitat conservation

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.

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Keyline

A keyline, in graphic design, is a boundary line that separates color and monochromatic areas or differently colored areas of printing on a given page or other printed piece.

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Natural capital

Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms.

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Natural environment

The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.

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Natural resource

Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications.

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Nature conservation

Nature conservation is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity.

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Nicholas Burtner

Nicholas Burtner is an American permaculturist and consultant.

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Organic farming

Organic farming, also known as ecological farming or biological farming,Labelling, article 30 of is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal and places emphasis on techniques such as crop rotation and companion planting.

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P. A. Yeomans

Percival Alfred Yeomans (1905 - November 1984) was an Australian inventor known for the Keyline system for the development of land and increasing the fertility of that land.

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Permaculture

Permaculture is an approach to land management and settlement design that adopts arrangements observed in flourishing natural ecosystems. Keyline design and Permaculture are permaculture concepts.

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Renewable resource

A renewable resource (also known as a flow resource) is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.

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Ridge

A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides.

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Soil salinity

Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.

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Sustainable agriculture

Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current or future generations to meet their needs.

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Terrace (earthworks)

In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming.

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Topography

Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces.

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Valley

A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which typically contains a river or stream running from one end to the other.

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Water conservation

Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand.

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See also

Agricultural technology

Desert greening

Permaculture

Permaculture concepts

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyline_design

Also known as Keyline Planning, Keyline system.