Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The process of again becoming green and covered with vegetation.

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  • adjective The act or process of revegetating

Etymologies

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re- +‎ vegetation

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Examples

  • Application of surface mulch in RMSs improves soil water-holding capacity for revegetation efforts, improves plant stand, minimizes water loss, and increases availability of nutrients.

    Offsetting carbon dioxide emissions through minesoil reclamation 2009

  • BTW - The US 93 project is a 56 mile long landscape project that includes native plant salvage and revegetation, highway realignment, 40+ wildlife crossings, comprehensive signage and interpretation, community revitalization, and the unprecedented cooperation between Tribal, Federal and State governments.

    Gorgeous Montana 2007

  • Carbon sequestration by afforestation and revegetation as means of limiting net-CO2 emissions in Iceland.

    Land tenure and management in the boreal region 2009

  • Carbon sequestration by afforestation and revegetation as means of limiting net-CO2 emissions in Iceland.

    Land tenure and management in the boreal region 2009

  • The Dixon Land Imprinting machine restores the microroughness and macroporosity of compacted and barren soil to accelerate infiltration and revegetation processes.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Therefore, proper revegetation or land use adopted after grading of RMSs is an important step in the overall reclamation process and plays a major role in restoring the quality of RMSs.

    Offsetting carbon dioxide emissions through minesoil reclamation 2009

  • The Dixon Land Imprinting machine restores the microroughness and macroporosity of compacted and barren soil to accelerate infiltration and revegetation processes.

    Out of Water 2009

  • Realignment of the existing road through the site with revegetation of its former bed, a short tunnel under the wildlife corridor on Mt. Bwahit and reintroduction of ibex to areas they formerly occupied might all be done if funding were sought from the GEF on the grounds of the global importance of the area's biodiversity and ecosystems.

    Simen National Park, Ethiopia 2008

  • But by this time, erosion caused by overgrazing had begun silting up the new Lake Argyle downstream which led the state government to create the Ord River Regeneration Reserve to control erosion by limiting numbers of stock and carrying out revegetation of the bare land.

    Purnululu National Park, Australia 2008

  • Research into terrestrial revegetation was pioneered by W.S. Cooper and D.B. Lawrence, and continuous documentation for more than 70 years has provided one of the most complete descriptions of vegetative development in the world, with the resulting insights greatly shaping plant successional theory.

    Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States 2008

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