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Virtual water

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006715

The volume of freshwater used in producing a food and/or nonfood product; virtual water is figuratively represented or embodied in the product itself.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006715
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsembedded water; embodied water
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoWater footprint; Embodied energy; Freshwater; Water utilization
TranslationsSpanish: agua virtual
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006715",
  "term": "Virtual water",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The volume of freshwater used in producing a food and/or nonfood product; virtual water is figuratively represented or embodied in the product itself.",
  "synonyms": [
    "embedded water",
    "embodied water"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "water footprint",
    "embodied energy",
    "freshwater",
    "water utilization"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "agua virtual"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/virtual-water/"
}

Record 6,608 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.