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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