{{Short description|Military term for urban environments}} {{Wiktionary|Urban terrain}} thumb|200px|Urban terrain

'''Urban terrain''' is a military term for the representation of the urban environment within the context of urban warfare.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030310213138/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_06.pdf "Doctrine for Joint Urban Operations", JP 03-06, DoD, 2002]</ref> Urban terrain includes buildings, roads, highways, ports, rails, airports, subways, and sewage lines.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030310213138/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_06.pdf "Doctrine for Joint Urban Operations", JP 03-06, DoD, 2002]</ref>

Mouse-holing is one military technique used to overcome some of the physical barriers within the urban environment.

==See also== *Urban warfare *Urban area *Manhole cover *Subterranean warfare

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Category:Military terminology Category:Synthetic human-made environment Category:Urban warfare

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