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Physical Geography

This class was created by Brainscape user Seb Greenhalgh. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Seb Greenhalgh
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Decks in this class (14)

1.1 Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology: the drainage basin system
What is a drainage basin,
What are inputs to a drainage basin,
What are stores in a drainage basin
30  cards
1.2 Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology: discharge relationships within drainage basins
Define discharge,
Define rising limb,
Define falling limb
34  cards
1.3 Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology: river channel processes and landforms
Explain abrasion corrasion,
Describe and explain solution cor...,
Describe and explain cavitation
39  cards
1.4 Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology: the human impact
How do dams and reservoirs impact...,
How does water abstraction impact...,
How does urbanisation impact wher...
19  cards
2.1 Atmosphere and weather: diurnal energy budgets
Define evaporation,
Define condensation,
Define sublimation
30  cards
2.2 Atmosphere and weather: the global energy budget
What is conduction,
What is convection,
How does pressure and wind belts ...
6  cards
2.3 Atmosphere and weather: weather processes and phenomena
What are the factors affecting ev...,
Describe convectional rainfall,
Describe frontal rainfall
11  cards
2.4 Atmosphere and weather: the human impact
0  cards
3.1 Rocks and weathering: plate tectonics
Recognise the global pattern of p...,
Divergent constructive plate boun...,
Conservative plate boundaries
10  cards
3.2 Rocks and weathering: weathering
Define weathering,
Define physical mechanical weathe...,
What is freeze thaw weathering
17  cards
3.3 Rocks and weathering: slope processes
Define mass movement,
What factors does slope failure d...,
What are the types of heave
18  cards
3.4 Rocks and weathering: the human impact
0  cards
POPULATION NOTES
Impacts of a youthful population,
Youthful population stats,
Impacts of an ageing population
7  cards
Coasts
Where are all the sub aerial proc...
1  cards

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