Environment Ontology (ENVO)

Selected English, German, Spanish, Italian and Chinese labels and exact synonyms from the Environment Ontology (ENVO), release 2026-10-23, with source identifiers and spelling preserved. Licensed CC0 1.0; full attribution is listed under Sources. Under semantic review; not endorsed by the ontology's maintainers.

Curator: Oliver Bennett

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English
snow thicknessUnrated thickness of snowUnrated
anchialine caveUnrated
mangrove biome soilUnrated mangrove soilUnrated
mineral horizonUnrated
back yardUnrated residential backyardUnrated
crater lakeUnrated
metamorphic rockUnrated
umbrellaUnrated
bare soilUnrated
intermittent wetlandUnrated
gaseous massUnrated mass of gasUnrated
farmyard manureUnrated
metallic dustUnrated
office buildingUnrated
holothurian digestive tract contentsUnrated
cave systemUnrated
flood plainUnrated floodplainUnrated FloodplainUnrated FLOOD PLAINUnrated
water tapUnrated water valveUnrated
branched valley glacierUnrated
generation of energy from coalUnrated
channel of an intermittent riverUnrated ephemeral riverUnrated intermittent riverUnrated
quarryUnrated
cirrocumulus castellanus cloudUnrated
famineUnrated
leatUnrated leteUnrated
abyssal clayUnrated
gasoline exhaustUnrated
calving of ice from an icebergUnrated
freshwater springUnrated
basaltUnrated
saline waterUnrated salt waterUnrated
concentration of gravel in soilUnrated soil gravel concentrationUnrated
sandy loamUnrated
outwash fanUnrated
arenosolUnrated psammentUnrated sandy soilUnrated
amenity lakeUnrated
tidal mangrove shrublandUnrated
ocean biomeUnrated
aquiferUnrated
area of ice lossUnrated ice decumulation areaUnrated ice decumulation zoneUnrated ice loss zoneUnrated zone of ice lossUnrated
permafrost methane explosionUnrated
CC lightningUnrated cloud-cloud lightningUnrated intercloud lightningUnrated
mass-wasting-driven seismic vibrationUnrated
freshwater lake ecosystemUnrated
equipment legUnrated
road traffic noiseUnrated
ribbon lakeUnrated
saline sediment environmentUnrated
concentration of silver in snowUnrated snow silver concentrationUnrated
chloropicrin enriched soilUnrated
desert areaUnrated
warm frontUnrated
blowoutUnrated
fibrous glass dustUnrated
calving of ice into waterUnrated
marine benthic biomeUnrated
ecosystem decayUnrated
vivariumUnrated
fused quartzUnrated fused silicaUnrated quartz glassUnrated
area of low atmospheric pressureUnrated
chophouseUnrated steak houseUnrated steakhouseUnrated
eye doctor officeUnrated optometrist clinicUnrated optometrist officeUnrated optometry clinicUnrated
optical radiation from a manufactured productUnrated visible spectrum radiation from a manufactured productUnrated
roadside soilUnrated
marine benthic stormUnrated
mountUnrated
ALFUnrated assisted living facilityUnrated assisted living residenceUnrated
microbial mat materialUnrated
estuarine coastal upper water columnUnrated
brackish water environmentUnrated
algal bloom collapseUnrated
foehn windUnrated
forest biomeUnrated
swamp areaUnrated
cyanobacterial bloomUnrated
planted forestUnrated
tuff coneUnrated
acrylic paintUnrated
cold desertUnrated
transport of household waste to a designated storage siteUnrated
mass fluid flowUnrated
calcareous oozeUnrated
aerosolisation of dustUnrated
atmosphereUnrated
concentration of ammonium in soilUnrated soil ammonium concentrationUnrated
exchangeable Ca2+Unrated exchangeable calciumUnrated
bajadaUnrated
landscape macroscale sizeUnrated
marine water massUnrated
volcanic seismic vibrationUnrated
ground transportUnrated
maricultureUnrated mariculture processUnrated
ice cap climatic conditionUnrated
massage therapist clinicUnrated massage therapist officeUnrated massage therapy clinicUnrated massage therapy officeUnrated
oil-based paintUnrated oil paintUnrated
plant matter fallUnrated
algal bloom processUnrated
advective transportUnrated advective transport processUnrated
shuga formation processUnrated
microbial featureUnrated organic object formed through microbial activityUnrated

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