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Glossary of ALL Terms for Data on EOL

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kame
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000542
An irregularly shaped hill or mound composed of sorted or stratified sand and gravel that is deposited in contact with the glacial ice. It can have an irregular shape
karst
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000175
A feature shaped by the dissolution of a soluble layer or layers of bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite. These landscapes display distinctive surface features and underground drainages, and in some examples there may be little or no surface drainage.
karst cave
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00012411
kasimovian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Kasimovian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
katian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Katian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
kelp forest
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000058
kelvin
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000012
Kerguelen Islands
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46772
kg
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000009
Kilograms. A mass unit which is equal to the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram kept by the BIPM at Svres, France.
kg/m^2
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UO_0000086
An area density unit which is equal to the mass of an object in kilograms divided by the surface area in meters squared.
kg/m^2/year
http://eol.org/schema/terms/kilogramsPerMeterSquaredPerYear
kill
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002626
kimmeridgian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Kimmeridgian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
King Abdulaziz University
http://eol.org/schema/terms/King_Abdulaziz_University
https://www.kau.edu.sa/
kipuka
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000410
An elevated area such as a hill, ridge or old lava dome inside or downslope from an area of active volcanism. New lava flows will cover the surrounding land, isolating the kipuka so that it appears as a (usually) forested island in a barren lava flow.
kleptoparasite
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1479109
a consumer that takes prey or other food that was caught, collected, or otherwise prepared by another animal, including stored food
kleptoparasitize
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008503
km
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224
unit of length equal to 1,000 metres
km^2
http://eol.org/schema/terms/squarekilometer
Square kilometre, symbol km<sup>2</sup>, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km<sup>2</sup> is equal to: 1,000,000 m<sup>2</sup>, 100 ha (hectare) (Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Square_kilometre&oldid=566625931)
kungurian age
http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Kungurian
International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale