carrying capacity

English

Noun

carrying capacity (plural carrying capacities)

(transport) The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.
(ecology) The number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support.

Derived terms

K (the standard abbreviation)

Translations

number of people or things that a vehicle can carry

Chinese:
Mandarin: 環境承載力, 环境承载力 (huánjìng chéngzàilì)
Finnish: kuljetuskyky
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Transportkapazität f

Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: capacidade de carga f
Romanian: capacitate de încărcare f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

number of individuals that an environment can support

Chinese:
Mandarin: 環境承載力, 环境承载力 (huánjìng chéngzàilì)
Finnish: kantokyky
French: capacité porteuse f
German: Tragfähigkeit f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: bæreevne m, f
Portuguese: capacidade de carga f
Romanian: capacitate de susținere f
Spanish: capacidad de persistencia f, capacidad de carga f

See also

ecological footprint

Further reading

carrying capacity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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