Maavara katend (edaspidi katend) on maavara katvad kivimid ja setendid, mille eemaldamine on vajalik pealmaakaevandamisel.
defineeritakse kõikide Eesti õigusaktide ulatuses
‘Overburden covering mineral resources’ (hereinafter overburden) means rocks and sediments covering mineral resources, the removal of which is necessary in open-pit mining.
defined within the scope of all Estonian legal instruments