LAND SUBSIDENCE definition

LAND SUBSIDENCE means the movement of land or earth, including, but not limited to, sinking or settling of land, earth movement, earth expansion and/or contraction, landslide, slipping, falling away, caving in, eroding, earth sinking, and earth rising or shifting or tilting.
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Examples of LAND SUBSIDENCE in a sentence

  • COUNTY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LAND SUBSIDENCE, SLIPPAGE, SOIL INSTABILITY OR DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM.

  • COUNTY AND AGENCY SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LAND SUBSIDENCE, SLIPPAGE, SOIL INSTABILITY OR DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM.

  • DISTRICT SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LAND SUBSIDENCE, SLIPPAGE, SOIL INSTABILITY OR DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM.

Related to LAND SUBSIDENCE

  • Subsidence means the lowering in elevation of the surface of land by the withdrawal of groundwater.

  • Wildland means an area where development is generally limited to roads, railroads, power lines, and widely scattered structures. Such land is not cultivated (i.e., the soil is disturbed less frequently than once in 10 years), is not fallow, and is not in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Conservation Reserve Program. The land may be neglected altogether or managed for such purposes as wood or forage production, wildlife, recreation, wetlands, or protective plant cover.

  • Plant means the machinery and apparatus intended to form or forming part of the Works.

  • Environmental Policy means to conserve energy, water, wood, paper and other resources, reduce waste and phase out the use of ozone depleting substances and minimise the release of greenhouse gases, volatile organic compounds and other substances damaging to health and the environment, including any written environmental policy of the Customer;

  • Aquifer means a geologic formation, group of formations, or part of a formation capable of yielding a significant amount of groundwater to wells or springs.