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Jetty
A loading or unloading point formed on piling built out from river banks at right angles to the flow.
JNCC
See Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee is the UK Government's wildlife adviser, undertaking national and international conservation work on behalf of the four country nature conservation agencies: Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside, the Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage.
Jurassic
Geological period, covering 195 to 135 Million years ago, representing the middle of the Mesozoic era.