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laissez-faire

Geography; Physical geography

The belief that markets should be left to run free from government intervention as business and consumer needs will find their balance in the market place.

superimposed drainage

Geography; Physical geography

A drainage pattern that formed on one set of rocks which have since been removed and so bears no relation to the set of rocks on which it is now found.

stream order

Geography; Physical geography

Classification of streams within a drainage basin so that it can be compared with another. Different methods have been proposed with strahler being most common. From a source to a confluence, a ...

The biome found in the arctic circle across north america, greenland and europe. Winters are long and cold and in summer the daytime temperature rarely exceeds 5˚c. Precipitation is low and mostly ...

mudflow

Geography; Physical geography

A fairly rapid mass movement usually occurring after heavy rainfall.

fossil fuel

Geography; Physical geography

Coal, oil and gas. So called as they have been produced over millions of years after prehistoric forests were flooded and then overlain with sediments which compacted the material. As they are ...