Mines Solution, Orissa, India

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landslide
A general term covering a wide variety of mass-movement landforms and involving the downslope transport of soil and rock material under gravitational influence.

laterite
Red residual soil developed in humid, tropical, and subtropical regions of good drainage. It is leached of silica and contains concentrations particularly of iron oxides and hydroxides and aluminum hydroxides. It may be an ore of iron, aluminum, manganese, or nickel.

leveling
The operation of determining the comparative altitude of different points on the Earth's surface.

lignite
Coal of low rank with a high inherent moisture and volatile matter.

limestone
A sedimentary rock consisting chiefly (more than 50% by weight) of calcium carbonate, primarily in the form of the mineral calcite, and with or without magnesium carbonate.

longwall
A long face of coal.

low explosive
An explosive in which the change into the gaseous state is effected by burning and not by detonation as with high explosives.

luminosity
The quality of emitting light.