| ecol. | impromptu landfill | стихийная свалка (Piles of waste coal (colloquially known in eastern Pennsylvania as "culm") mixed with rock fragments were often discarded on the outskirts of town or dumped into ravines. Over time, these dumps naturally evolved into impromptu landfills, as locals took advantage of the otherwise useless land by discarding their household waste down the steep slopes – by Colin Owen Tamerlane) |