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Swiss Alps dam construction
Type of landscape 1,
Why is dam building taking place 2,
Energy 3
9  cards
Alaska oil extraction (glaciation)
Type of landscape 1,
Why does oil extraction take place 2,
Trans alaska pipeline 3
14  cards
Minnesota: action of ice sheets
Location 1,
Landscape shaped by 2,
Geology 3
16  cards
Snowdonia: action of valley glaciers
Location 1,
Eryri national park 2,
Physical factors which influence ...
18  cards
water abstraction
Mexico city 1,
Mexico city use of water 2,
Mexico city main source of water 3
23  cards
the arctic (ELSS)
The climate 1,
Insolation 2,
June solstice 3
39  cards
the amazon (ELSS)
Tropical rainforests found 1,
Characteristics of the amazon 2,
Climate in the rainforest 3
36  cards
feedback loops
Dynamic equilibrium 1,
Feedback 2,
Positive feedback 3
11  cards
how important are research and monitoring techniques in the identification of changes to the global water and carbon cycles?
Climate change 1,
Method 2,
Satellites 3
7  cards
changes to the water and carbon cycle by time scale
Diurnal changes in the water cycle 1,
Diurnal changes in the carbon cyc...,
Seasonal changes in the water cyc...
9  cards
how has human activity caused changes in the water and carbon cycles
Human activity and changes in the...,
Human activity and changes in the...,
Human activity and changes in the...
8  cards
what are the global management strategies available to protect the water and carbon cycle?
Management strategies designed to...,
Wetlands 2,
Pressure on wetland environments 3
29  cards
how are the water and carbon cycles interdependent
Carbon transport and water 1,
Atmospheric carbon and water cycl...,
Ecosystems and moisture availabil...
5  cards
hazardous earth
Compositional layers of the earth 1,
Mechanical layers of the earth 2,
Earths crust 3
29  cards
Constructive/divergent plate margins
Two types 1,
Oceanic constructive margins 2,
Oceanic ridges length 3
37  cards
convergent/destructive plate boundaries
Three types 1,
Eg of continental oceanic the and...,
Where the two plates meet 3
33  cards
conservative/transform plate margins
Eg of conservative plate margin s...,
Plates involved 2,
Shallow earthquakes 3
6  cards
definitions hazardous earth
Phreatomagmatic 1,
Basaltic magma lava 2,
Andesitic magma lava 3
22  cards
volcanoes
Phreatomagmatic volcanoes 1,
Phreatomagmatic volcanoes eg 2,
Phreatomagmatic volcanoes 3
59  cards
hot spot eg Hawaiian Islands
Volcanic activity away from plates 1,
Hawaiian islands formed by 2,
Plate movement direction 3
12  cards
volcanic hazards
Pyroclastic flows occurs at 1,
Pyroclastic flows example 2,
Lava flows occur at 3
18  cards
Iceland case study volcanoes
Location 1,
Gdp per capita 2,
At risk of poverty 3
30  cards
Indonesia case study edc volcanoes
Location 1,
Population 2,
Gdp per capita 3
32  cards
DRC case study volcanoes
Location and size 1,
Gdp per capita 2,
Live in poverty 3
34  cards
Japan earthquake case study
Population 1,
Location of japan 2,
Gdp 3
53  cards
earthquakes
Earthquake 1,
Focus 2,
Epicentre 3
15  cards
Indonesia earthquake case study
Location 1,
Population 2,
Gdp per capita 3
62  cards
Nepal Earthquake case study LIDC
Population 1,
Location 2,
How many live in poverty 3
50  cards

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