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Decks in this class (21)

Water Cycle 💧
What is the systems approach,
Dynamic equilibrium in water cycle,
Positive feedback in the water cycle
52  cards
Carbon Cycle 🌿
Positive feedback in carbon cycle,
Negative feedback in carbon cycle,
Stores in the carbon cycle
34  cards
Relationships Between Water And Carbon
Connected processes,
Independent water cycle processes,
Processes that involve water
6  cards
case study - The River Exe
Location,
Land use of the catchment,
Factors effecting the river exe h...
10  cards
case study - The Amazon
Location of the amazon,
Carbon in the amazon,
Effects of deforestation on the c...
8  cards
Hazards 🌋
What is a hazard,
3 types of hazard,
Risk definition
44  cards
Volcanic Hazards
Formation of a volcano,
Types of volcanic hazard,
Pyroclastic flow
26  cards
case study - Eyjafjallajökull
Background information iceland,
Primary impacts iceland,
Secondary impacts iceland
6  cards
Seismic Hazards
Seismic hazards 5,
Types of seismic waves,
Tsunamis
24  cards
case study - Nepal earthquake
Background information nepal,
Primary impacts nepal,
Secondary impacts nepal
7  cards
Tropical Storms
Conditions needed for tropical st...,
Formation of a tropical storm,
Magnitude
14  cards
case study - Typhoon Haiyan
Background information haiyan,
Impacts of haiyan,
Secondary impacts of haiyan
8  cards
case study - Hurricane Katrina
Background information katrina,
Primary impacts of katrina,
Secondly impacts of katrina
6  cards
Wildfires
3 types of wildfire,
Conditions that favour wildfires,
Natural causes
15  cards
case study - Alberta wildfire
Background information on wildfire,
Primary impacts of alberta,
Secondary impacts of alberta
6  cards
case study - MHE, The Philippines
Volcanic hazard in the philippines,
Volcanic hazard in the philippines,
Seismic hazards in the philippines
12  cards
case study - New Orleans (local scale)
Economic characteristics of new o...,
Politics characteristics of new o...,
Social characteristics of new orl...
7  cards
Coasts 🌊
Outline a coastal system,
Inputs in a costal system,
Outputs in a coastal system
76  cards
Coastal Landforms 🏝️
Erosional landforms 5,
Depositional landforms,
Headlands and bays
26  cards
Coastal Management 🪸
Why are coasts managed,
Traditional approaches to coastal...,
Sustainable approaches to coastal...
43  cards
case study - Sunderbans
Location and background,
What is a mangrove forest,
Goods provided by sunderbans
15  cards

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