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Number of information resources is shown in parentheses after each term.

laboratories -> research facilities (2) laboratory-induced magnetization analysis (1) laboratory methods (71) lagoons -> lakes (25) laguna -> lakes (25) lahars (1) lake beds -> lakes (25) lake channels -> channels (2) lake circulation -> water circulation (3) lake districts -> land regions (6) lake ecosystems -> freshwater ecosystems (15) lake regions -> land regions (6) crater lakes -> lakes (25) dry lakes -> lakes (25) intermittent lakes -> lakes (25) intermittent oxbow lakes -> lakes (25) intermittent salt lakes -> lakes (25) lakes (25) oxbow lakes -> lakes (25) salt lakes -> lakes (25) underground lakes -> caves (2) Arctic land -> tundras (2) land-tied islands -> islands (6) land use and land cover (48) landfills -> disposal sites (2) sanitary landfills -> disposal sites (2) boat landings -> hydrographic structures (15) landmarks (monuments) -> monuments (1) land regions (6) Landsat images (6) -> multispectral imaging WITH image collections landscape -> land surface characteristics (31) landslide maps (4) -> landslides WITH maps and atlases landslide preparedness (1) -> hazard preparedness WITH landslides landslides -> physiographic features (87) landslides (14) landslide susceptibility assessment (3) landslide susceptibility maps (1) -> landslide susceptibility assessment WITH maps and atlases land subsidence (9) land surface characteristics (31) land surveying (3) land use and land cover (48) land use change (20) La Nina -> ocean-atmosphere interaction (7) boat launches -> hydrographic structures (15) lava -> volcanic rocks (4) lava flows -> volcanic activity (48) ozone layer (1) leaching (analytical method) -> chemical analysis (29) lead-210 dating -> radiometric dating (10) lead mines -> mine sites (7) leased areas (government) -> administrative areas (9) leased zones (government) -> administrative areas (9) legation buildings -> buildings (4) lepidoptera -> butterflies and moths (6) aquifer level -> ground-water level (8) ground-water level (8) surface-water level (1) trophic level dynamics -> food web (3) lichens (6) LIDAR (3) life history -> population and community ecology (291) life sciences (361) LIght Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) -> LIDAR (3) visible light imaging (1) light stable-isotope analysis -> light stable isotope analysis (9) light stable isotope analysis (9) lignite resources -> coal resources (12) limnology (19) contour lines -> topography (56) liquefaction (1) high-pressure liquid chromatography -> liquid chromatography (1) liquid chromatography (1) lithification -> geologic processes (236) lithologic maps (15) -> rocks and deposits WITH maps and atlases lithology -> rocks and deposits (56) continental lithosphere (1) lithosphere (6) oceanic lithosphere (4) lithostratigraphy (2) littoral ecosystems -> coastal ecosystems (38) liverworts and hornworts (1) livestock husbandry -> agriculture (7) livestock water use -> agricultural water use (5) llanos -> plains (1) bed load -> sediment transport (27) suspended load -> sediment transport (27) total maximum daily load -> TMDL (2) locales -> populated places (8) localities -> populated places (8) populated localities -> populated places (8) location measurement -> geolocation measurement (34) lodes (mineral) -> mineral deposit areas (5) lodges -> buildings (4) loess -> unconsolidated deposits (13) borehole logging (4) borehole temperature logging (1) electrical resistivity logging (2) well logging -> borehole logging (4) long-term ecological monitoring (16) fire lookouts -> towers (1) lost rivers -> streams (51) parking lots -> parking sites (1) LTERs -> ecological research sites (2) luminescence dating (3) optically-stimulated luminescence dating -> luminescence dating (3)


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