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The study of physical characteristics of earth and the distribution and effects of life on earth, especially that of humans.
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axis
Geography; Human geography
The central line of a geographical fold structure, such as an anticline or syncline. In an anticline, the axis marks the 'crest' of the fold, from which the strata dip away either ...
azonal soil
Geography; Human geography
A soil that has undergone limited development and is characterized by an absence of well-developed soil horizons. Azonal soils are not associated with particular climatic ...
backshore
Geography; Human geography
That part of a beach lying above the high-water mark and normally beyond the reach of wave action. Ct. foreshore backward linkage
backwash
Geography; Human geography
The return flow of water down a beach, after a breaking wave has sent swash up the beach. The backwash is most powerful with plunging breakers (destructive waves), when the steep ...
backwash effect
Geography; Human geography
A term used by Myrdal in his theory of cumulative causation to describe the spatial concentration of resources and wealth in the core or centre at the expense of the periphery.
anthropogeomorphology
Geography; Human geography
The study of the influence of human activities on the physical landscape and the processes that shape it; for example, the effects of agriculture, dam construction and ...
Recentralisation
Geography; Human geography
In 330, Constantine moved the seat of the Empire to Constantinople, which he founded as a second Rome on the site of Byzantium, a city strategically located on the trade routes ...
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