Depression

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007673",
  "term": "Depression",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A low area in a field where surface drainage away from the area does not occur.\n\n2. General term for any relatively sunken part of the Earth’s surface - especially a low-lying area surrounded by higher ground. Depressions often have no natural outlet for surface drainage (such as an interior basin or a karstic sinkhole) (Jackson 1997).",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "Ag 101 Glossary of American Agriculture",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/depression/"
}