NATURAL RESOURCES Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form.

A natural resourceis often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems. Natural resources are derived from the environment. Some of them are essential for our survival while most are used for satisfying our wants. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways. Natural resources are materials and components (something that can be used) that can be found within the environment. Every man-made product is composed of natural resources (at its fundamental level). A natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water, and air, as well as a living organism such as a fish, or it may exist in an alternate form which must be processed to obtain the resource such as metal ores, oil, and most forms of energy. LAND: Land and Land Resources refer to a delineable area of the earth's terrestrial surface, encompassing all attributes of the biosphere immediately above or below this surface, including those of the near-surface, climate, the soil and terrain forms, the surface hydrology

(including shallow lakes, rivers, marshes and swamps), the near-surface sedimentary layers and associated groundwater and geohydrological reserve, the plant and animal populations, the human settlement pattern and physical results of past and present human activity (terracing, water storage or drainage structures, roads, buildings, etc.) (FAO/UNEP, 1997). VEGETATION: The sustainable management of vegetation on private land is critical for the long term viability of rural Australia. Better management of vegetation can benefit farm and forestry productivity, rural communities and the environment and may help reduce the impacts of greenhouse gases. It also provides many ecosystem services such as clean water and flood mitigation.

WATER: Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogenatoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solidstate, ice, and gaseous state (water vapor or steam). Water also exists in a liquid crystal state near hydrophilicsurfaces.

WIND ENERGY:

Electricity from wind energy is one of the fastest growing methods of electrical generation in the world. Kinetic energy from moving air is converted into electricity by wind turbines that are mounted in locations where there are favourable weather patterns. Wind turbines may be employed individually, but are often installed in groups to form wind farms or wind power plants.

SOIL: Soil is a natural resource, which is required for production of food, industrial raw materials as well as for generation of energy resources. It is also a natural value, which is protected as natural heritage. From the viewpoint of natural resource, natural value and spatial factor it is irreplaceable for development and existence of mankind. The preservation of the natural resource soil from physical destruction and pollution as well as the preservation of balance between the soil and other parts of the ecosystem represent one of the significant activities in the Slovene territory nowadays.

RIVERS A river is a natural waterway that moves water over the land from higher to lower elevations. It is an integral component of the water cycle. The water within a river comes from surface runoff from precipitation, from groundwater and from the release of water in stored reservoirs. Southern Ontario's rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean by way of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River system. Most northern Ontario rivers empty into James Bay and Hudson Bay. MAN MADE RESOURCES: Man made resources is defined as a resource created by humans. It does not occur naturally and is produced and consumed by humans. Examples of these are plastic, bleach, steel, nylon and toilet paper. Obviously there are many more resources that humans are responsible for. COMPUTER: A computer is a general purpose device which can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem. The essential point of a computer is to implement an idea, the terms of which are satisfied by Alan Turing's Universal Turing machine.

FACTORY:

A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial building, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Typically, factories gather and concentrate resources: laborers, capital and plant. BUILDINGS:

In architecture, construction, engineering, real word building may refer to one of the following:

estate

development and technology the

1. Any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, or 2. An act of construction (i. e. the activity of building, see also builder) In this article, the first usage is generally intended unless otherwise specified.
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Buildings come in a wide amount of shapes and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, to land prices, ground conditions, specific uses and aesthetic reasons. RAILWAY LINES:

The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers andballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade. For clarity it is often referred to as railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (predominantly in the United States). The term permanent way also refers to the track in addition to lineside structures such as fences etc.