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Natural Hazards
Natural hazard,
Social impact,
Hazard risk
27
cards
The challenge of natural hazards
Social impacts,
Natural hazard,
Hazard risk
14
cards
Glaciation
Niche glaciers,
Piedmont glacier,
Snowline
34
cards
Physical characteristics of cold environments
Four types of cold environments,
Polar,
Alpine
12
cards
Global distribution of cold environments
Polar environment,
Periglacial environment,
Alpine environment
5
cards
How a glacier moves
Ice moving downhill,
Pressure melting point,
Pmp of a glacier
11
cards
Movement in warm based glaciers
Basal flow slippage,
Regulation slip,
Creep
5
cards
Glacial surface features
Marginal crevasses,
Transverse crevasses,
Longitudinal crevasses
6
cards
Glacial Weathering
Frost shattering,
Glacial transportation types,
Supraglacial
5
cards
Glacial deposition
Drift,
When does deposition occur,
Till
15
cards
Glacial erosion
Glacial erosion,
Processes of glacial erosion,
Abrasion
6
cards
Periglaciation
Permafrost,
Continuous permafrost,
Discontinuous permafrost
9
cards
Fragility of cold environments
Fragile,
Fragility of cold environments,
Why do cold environments have sig...
6
cards
Human impacts on fragile cold environments
Oil spills in siberia russia,
Tourism in alpine environments
2
cards
Impacts of climate change in the Swiss Alps
Flooding and landslides,
Melting permafrost,
Ecosystems
5
cards
Adapting to climate change in the European Alps
Tourism,
Droughts,
Climate change
5
cards
Oil exploitation in Alaska, USA
Oil exploitation in alaska usa,
Trans alaska pipeline,
Planning for alternative possible...
3
cards
Traditional adaptions in the Arctic Tundra
Inuit,
Facts about inuits,
Summer and winter adaptions
4
cards
Contemporary adaptions in the Arctic Tundra
Contemporary adaptions in the arc...,
Issues with permafrost,
New methods
3
cards
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
What is valdez,
When,
What happened
17
cards
Vuntut Gwitchin
Community,
Old crow,
Traditional culture
3
cards
Porcupine Caribou Herd
Porcupine caribou herd,
Spring,
Winter
5
cards
Nant Ffrancon and Ogwen Valley
Nant ffrancon and ogwen valley,
U shaped valley,
Llyn ogwen
6
cards
Glacial ice
Lower zone,
Upper zone
2
cards
Types of glacial systems
Isolated system,
Closed system,
Open systems
3
cards
Processes of glacial weathering
Processes of glacial weathering,
Nivation
2
cards
Glacial erosion + Deposition landforms
Glacial erosion deposition landforms,
Corries,
Processes of corries
18
cards
Fluvioglacial Erosion + Deposition landforms
Fluvioglacial erosion deposition ...,
Fluvioglacial processes,
Meltwater channels
7
cards
Periglacial landforms
Periglacial landforms,
Patterned ground,
Frost heave
12
cards
River, floods and management - questions
Describe how water reaches a rive...,
Explain likely effects of the for...
2
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