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Resource that is concentrated or formed at a rate very much slower than its rate of consumption and thus, for all practical purposes, is non-renewable. Compare renewable resource.

Subjects: Science and technology — Earth Sciences and Geography

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non-renewable resource
in A Dictionary of Earth Sciences (3) Length: 32 words
non-renewable resource
in A Dictionary of Ecology (4) Length: 25 words
non-renewable resource
in A Dictionary of Geography (4) Length: 73 words
non‐renewable resource
in A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation Length: 27 words

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