A set of practices that humans can follow to meet their needs without causing long-term, negative effects on species or ecosystems.
Explanation:
Sustainability means "the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level." So sustainability is the ability for humans to meet their needs, while also maintaining the ecosystem and different species at the same rate and level.
Explanation: A stream terrace basically forms through this process– Temporary base level is eliminated; the stream downcuts upstream from the old temporary base level, and the former floodplain is left well above the present elevation of the stream.