Glossary of geography and geology terms meaning and definition
Glossary of geography and geology terms meaning and definition
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Glossary of geography and geology terms meaning and definition
a horizon
ablation
abrasion
abrasion
acid/intermediate
active layer
adiabatic
aesthetic resource
andean mt building
andesite line
anticyclone
approach segment
arctic maritime
asthenosphere
atmosphere
attrition
aureole
b horizon
bankfull discharge
baseflow
basin elongation
basin networks
batholith
beaufort scale
bed load
bifurcation ratio
biogeographical regions
biological hazard
biome
biosphere
biosphere
birth rate
boserup's theory
brandt report
c horizon
calcium
caldera
capillary action
capillary water
carbon dating
carbonation
carrying capacity
catena
cavitation
chemical weathering
cirque
climax
climax pattern idea
climax vegetation
club of rome
columbian policy
commodity
confluence
conservative plate
continental drift
convectional precipitation
coriolis effect
corrasion
corrosion
craton
csa
cumecs
cyclogenesis
cyclone
death rate
demographic transition
depth
destr - cordilleras
dew point
discharge
dissected landscape
diurnal
doldrums
dominant species
dower national park def.
dower national park defg
drainage density
dyke
dyke
ecological footprint
ecology
economic resource
ecosystem
ecosystem
egyptian policy
elr
eluviation
embryonic cyclone
environmental hazard
epicentre
excessive drainage
exfoliation
ferrel cell
ferrel's law
field capacity
first order stream
first world
flood volume
focus
foraminifera
fourth order stream
freeze thaw
frontal precipitation
frost heave
fumarole
gatt
gdp
gdp per capita
geosyncline
geothermal gradient
geyser
glycopteris
gnp
gouy layer
gravitational water
gravity model
growing season - taiga
growing season - tdw
gutenberg discontinuity
gutenberg, beno
guyots
habitat
hadley cell
halophytic
halosere
hdi
himalayan mt building
hjulstrom curve
holmes, arthur
holocene period
horizon
horton's law
human resource
hydration
hydraulic action
hydraulic radius
hydrolysis
hydrophytic
hydrosere
hydrosere
hydrosphere
hygroscopic water
ihsi
illuviation
imperfect drainage
imr
infiltration
inner core
interception
intra plate volcanics
iostherm
iosvels
isl arc - caldera
isl arc - destr plate marg
isobar
isohyet
isostatic principle
itcz
itcz
j curve
jigsaw fit
laccolith
lag time
laminar flow
lasa
lateral
lava
leaching
ledc
lehemann, inge
lithosere
lithosphere
lithosphere
lorenz curve
magma
magnesium
malthus, thomas
mantle
mature cyclone
medc
mercalli scale (modified)
mesophytic
mesosaurus
micro habitat
micropaleontology
mohorovicic discontinuity
mohorovicic, andrija
molybdenum
mono climax
montserat
mt pinatubo
mt st helens
nasa
national park
nivation
non critical resource
non renewable resource
occluded cyclone
occlusion
oldham, r.d
one child policy
opec
ophiolite complex
optimum population
optimum population
ore
organic weathering
orogeny
orographic precipitation
outer core
overpopulated
oxidation
paleomagnetism
pangea
parent rock
peak discharge
pedology
percolation
perfect drainage
periglacial
permafrost
permeability
phosphorous
physical weathering
phytic
pillow lava
pingo
pioneer community
plagioclimax
plate tectonics
polar cell
polar cell
polar continental
polar front
polar maritime
poly climax
porosity
potassium
ppp
pqli
primary succession
prisere
psammosere
p-waves
pyrophytic
quarternary period
rain shadow
receding limb
refugee
refugee +
refugee ++
regolith
renewable resource
resource
richter scale
rise time
rising limb
s curve
san andreas fault
san francisco quake
sclerophyllous
scoria
second order stream
second world
secondary succession
sere
sial
sill
sima
site
situation
soil structure
soil texture
solution
source
spreading
stjs
storm hydrograph
stormflow
strahler, a.n.
strategic resource
sub climax
sub tropical high
subduction
submarine vents
sulphur
suspended load
sustainable resource
s-waves
s-waves
synoptic chart
tephrochronology
third order stream
third world
throughflow
tillites
tornado
trade winds
tributary
tropical continental
tropical cyclone
tropical maritime
tsunamis
turbulent flow
underpopulated
undeveloped
vine/matthews
volcano
weathering
wegener, alfred
wetted perimeter
width
xerophytic
xerosere
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