Phenomena and Processes

Natural Resources

Materials or substances such as land, timber, fresh water, fossil fuels, or mineral deposits that occur in a natural state and have economic value or usefulness to humans.

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Abstract

Materials or substances such as land, timber, fresh water, fossil fuels, or mineral deposits that occur in a natural state and have economic value or usefulness to humans.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Natural Resource
  • Resource, Natural
  • Resources, Natural
  • Land Supply
  • Land Supplies
  • Supplies, Land
  • Supply, Land

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Aspects Covered

1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings supply & distribution.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific natural resource if pertinent

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History Note

2016; use CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 1991-2015; for LAND SUPPLY use AGRICULTURE 1978-2015

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  1. G16.500.275w.553w
  2. J01.728w
  3. N06.230w.350w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Natural Resources. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000067936. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000067936
  2. Natural Resources. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_resource
  3. Natural Resources. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188460