Statistical Terms Glossary

A channel created by hydraulic erosion through which water commonly flows only during and immediately after heavy rains. Two kinds of gullies stand out: Classical gullies : The classical gullies are an advanced stage of channel erosion. They disfigure landscape and make land unfit for growing crops. Ephemeral gullies : The ephemeral gullies can be ploughed in and tilled across depending upon their depth and width. There are transitory rather than permanent like classical gullies.

A habitat is a place where an organism or population (human, animal, plant, microorganism) lives

Habitat Conference refers to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements. The first conference was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, 31 May—11 June 1976; the second conference was held in Istanbul, 3—14 June 1996

Habitat destruction: a process of land use change in which one habitat-type is removed and replaced with another habitat-type. In the process of land-use change, plants and animals which previously used the site are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity.

There are natural agents that are undeniably sources of habitat disturbance: forest fires, insect epidemics, and dieback.

Habitat diversity refers to the range of habitats present in a region

See Protection of species and habitat

Part of an ecosystem with conditions in which an organism naturally occurs or can establish.; The place or type of site where an organism or population naturally occurs.

People committed to circumvention of computer security. This primarily concerns unauthorized remote computer break-ins via a communication networks such as the Internet (Black hats), but also includes those who debug or fix security problems (White hats), and the morally ambiguous Grey hats.

The deep water in ocean trenches. The name is derived from the Greek Άιδης (Haidēs), Hades, the classical Greek underworld. This zone is mostly unknown and very few species are known to live here (in the open areas). However, many organisms live in hydrothermal vents in this and other zones. Some define the hadopelagic as waters below 6,000m (19,685 ft), whether in a trench or not.

Food permitted under the Islamic Law.

Stop-off point generally open to passenger traffic only and not usually staffed.

An edit performed by people before data are entered into the computer (see “manual edit”).

Fee payable to lead bank for handling bonds.

Harassment refers to any kind of emotional and physical abuse, persecution or victimization. Harassment and pressure at work can consist of various forms of offensive behaviour. Harassment is characterized by persistently negative attacks of a physical or psychological nature on an individual or group of employees, which are typically unpredictable, irrational and unfair.

A berthing area for ships and boats for specific purposes such as waiting, loading, unloading, repairing, or performing any other work.

A black, natural fossil organic sediment with a gross calorific value of more than 23 860 kJ/kg (5 700 kcal/kg) in the ash-free condition and with the moisture content obtaining at a temperature of 30 degrees C and relative air humidity of 96 per cent, and with a mean random reflectance of vitrinite of at least 0.6.

Additional payment for working under adverse conditions, for example, outside during periods of extremely cold weather.

All practices done deliberately by men on the body or the psyche of other human beings for no therapeutic purpose, but rather for cultural or socio-conventional motives and which have harmful consequences on the health and the rights of the victims. Some harmful practices include early/forced marriages, FGM/C, and widowhood rites.