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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | Under the Endangered Species Act, critical habitat is an area essential to the conservation of a listed species, though the area need not actually be occupied by the species at the time it is designated. Critical habitat must be designated for all threatened and endangered species under the Act (with certain specified exceptions). The areas may be federal or nonfederal land, but only the federal government is required to protect it. A federal agency with whom a landowner is dealing must ensure that its actions (which may include giving a loan, increasing irrigation flows, etc.) do not adversely modify these areas. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CRITICAL HABITAT |
| Specialty definitions using "CRITICAL HABITAT": Endangered Species Act. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seagrass extending offshore from mangrove shoreline Seagrass is critical habitat for shrimps, crabs, and small fish. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Natural marsh area primarily Spartina. Critical habitat for shrimp, crabs, and many game and commercial fish species. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Zostera marina, eelgrass, about to be transplanted. These plants were harvested from Damerion Marsh by the mouth of the Great Wicomico River. Submerged aquatic vegetation is a critical habitat that stabilizes sediments, oxygenates water and provides habitat. Historically the Chesapeake Bay had over 600,000 acres of SAV, now there is approximately 69,000 acres. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Mangroves roots serve as critical habitat for many species and nutrient filters. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
critical habitat | 5 |
critical habitat zellmer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-c-h-i-i-i-l-r-t-t-t" | |
-4 letters: cathartical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 52 49 54 49 43 41 4C 48 41 42 49 54 41 54 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01010010 01001001 01010100 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001100 00100000 01001000 01000001 01000010 01001001 01010100 01000001 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C R I T I C A L   H A B I T A T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0052 0049 0054 0049 0043 0041 004C 0048 0041 0042 0049 0054 0041 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3752435443373546242353643543554 |
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