Subsidence

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006121",
  "term": "Subsidence",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Lowering of the natural land surface in response to: Earth movements; lowering of fluid pressure; removal of underlying supporting material by mining or solution of solids, either artificially or from natural causes; compaction due to wetting (Hydrocompaction); oxidation of organic matter in soils; or added load on the land surface.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "mass movement",
    "soil formation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "US Environmental Protection Agency",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "hundimiento del suelo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/subsidence/"
}