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EA: TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE
EE: STRIP_MINES

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 60
EA label: TERRAIN_MORPHOLOGY_TYPE

Concept definition: A <TRACT> in which surface <MATERIAL> has been removed in successive parallel strips to expose the minerals, the spoil from each new strip being placed in the previously excavated one; strip mines [SOED, "strip-mining"].
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [FACC, Annex B, SRD:83]
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