Land
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- The part of the Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets. It is sometimes referred to as the World, the Blue Planet,[note 6] or by its Latin name, Terra.[note 7] that is not covered by water
- Terrestrial ecoregion An ecoregion , sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than an ecozone and larger than an ecosystem. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna, an ecoregion An ecoregion , sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than an ecozone and larger than an ecosystem. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna based on soil instead of water
- Landscape Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms, water bodies such as rivers, lakes and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including land uses, buildings and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions
- Landform In the earth sciences and geology sub-fields, a landform or physical feature comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography. Landform elements also include seascape and oceanic waterbody interface features such, physical feature comprises a geomorphological unit
- Land (economics) In economics, land comprises all naturally occurring resources whose supply is inherently fixed. Examples are any and all particular geographical locations, mineral deposits, and even geostationary orbit locations and portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Natural resources are fundamental to the production of all goods, including capital goods, a factor of production comprising all naturally occurring resources
- Land law Real property and personal property are the main classifications of property in the common law. Real property refers to land and the improvements made by human efforts—buildings, machinery, the acquisition of various property rights, and the like. Real property is also termed realty, real estate, and immovable property
- Real estate Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with improvements to the land, such as buildings, fences, wells and other site improvements that are fixed in location—immovable. Real estate law is the body of regulations and legal codes which pertain to such matters under a particular jurisdiction and include things such as commercial, a legal term for land, used in regard to ownership
- Real property Real property and personal property are the main classifications of property in the common law. Real property refers to land and the improvements made by human efforts—buildings, machinery, the acquisition of various property rights, and the like. Real property is also termed realty, real estate, and immovable property, a legal term similar to real estate
In music:
- Land (band), American rock band
- LAND (album), the first album by the band
- Land (Týr album)
- Land (1975–2002), an album by Patti Smith
- Land (Comsat Angels album)
- Lands (band), Japanese rock band
- Dah (band), a former Yugoslav/Belgian rock band, known as Land during 1975-1976 period
People:
- Edwin H. Land Edwin Herbert Land was an American scientist and inventor. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and his retinex theory of color vision (1909-1991), American scientist and inventor
- Frank Land, British information systems researcher
- Frank S. Land (1890-1959), Americal founder of Order of DeMolay
- Frank William Land, British mathematician
- Michael Land Michael Z. Land is an American video game composer and musician best known for his scores for various games produced by LucasArts (b. 1961), American composer and musician
- Michael F. Land, British neurobiologist
As a synonym for a region belonging to a people:
- Country A country is a geographical region considered to be the physical territory of a sovereign state, or of a smaller, or former, political division within a geographical region. Usually, but not always, a country coincides with a sovereign territory and is associated with a state, nation or government
- Nation A nation is a group of people who share culture, ethnic origin and language, often possessing or seeking its own independent government. The development and conceptualization of a nation is closely related to the development of modern industrial states and nationalist movements in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, although
- Motherland A homeland is the concept of the place (cultural geography) to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular national identity began. As a common noun, it simply connotes the country of one's origin. When used as a proper noun, the word, as well as its cognates in other
- Fatherland Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers", "forefathers" or "patriarchs". It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations
- Homeland A homeland is the concept of the place (cultural geography) to which an ethnic group holds a long history and a deep cultural association with —the country in which a particular national identity began. As a common noun, it simply connotes the country of one's origin. When used as a proper noun, the word, as well as its cognates in other
- -land The suffix -land which can be found in several countries' name and country subdivisions indicates a toponymy — a land. The word came via Germanic "land.", a suffix used in the names of several countries and other regions
As a geographical place:
- Land, California
- Land, Norway
- Land Glacier, Antarctica
As a division of a country:
- Lands of Denmark Each of the lands retained their own thing and statute laws until late medieval time . Although Denmark was a unified kingdom, the custom of rendering homage to the King at the three individual assemblies remained. A remnant is the current division of Denmark into two High Court districts, the Eastern and Western High Court
- Lands of Finland
- Lands of Germany
- Lands of Norway
- Lands of Sweden The lands of Sweden are three unofficial parts, essentially three collectives of provinces, in Sweden. These "lands" have no administrative function. There is not even a designation, which is commonly agreed upon, for this subdivision level. Most commonly they are called "landsdelar", which just means "parts of the country&
- Ziemia Ziemia is a historical unit of administration in Poland. In Polish the term is not capitalized (ziemia chełmińska, not Ziemia Chełmińska), Polish for "land", a unit of administration in Poland
Other usages:
- Land Instruments International, A company specialising in infrared temperature measurement and emissions monitoring equipment
- LAND, a type of denial-of-service attack
- Landing Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal, aircraft, or spacecraft returns to the ground. When the flying object returns to water, the process is called alighting, although it is commonly called "landing" and "touchdown" as well. A normal aircraft flight would include several parts of flight including taxi,, the end of a flight
- In Rifling Rifling is the process of making helical grooves in the barrel of a gun or firearm, which imparts a spin to a projectile around its long axis. This spin serves to gyroscopically stabilize the projectile, improving its aerodynamic stability and accuracy, lands are the raised areas between grooves in gun barrels
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FOXNews (blog) The US government has agreed to accept a stunning gift of land along Vermont's border with Canada after red tape and confusion about which entity should ... Federal Government Accepts Vt. Land WPTZ The Champlain Valley US Fish and Wildlife Service accepts bequeathed Vermont land BurlingtonFreePress.com
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