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Agroecological zones

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000186

Land areas classified by their biophysical attributes, (such as rainfed soil moisture availability, temperature, length of growing period), in order to cluster land use types into homogenous units for agricultural production considerations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000186
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsagro-ecological regions; agro-ecological zones; agro-ecoregions; agro-ecozones; agroecological regions; agroecoregions; agroecozones
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoAgroecology; Land cover; Land use; Ecoregions
TranslationsSpanish: zonas agroecológicas
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000186",
  "term": "Agroecological zones",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Land areas classified by their biophysical attributes, (such as rainfed soil moisture availability, temperature, length of growing period), in order to cluster land use types into homogenous units for agricultural production considerations.",
  "synonyms": [
    "agro-ecological regions",
    "agro-ecological zones",
    "agro-ecoregions",
    "agro-ecozones",
    "agroecological regions",
    "agroecoregions",
    "agroecozones"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "agroecology",
    "land cover",
    "land use",
    "ecoregions"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "zonas agroecológicas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/agroecological-zones/"
}

Record 186 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.