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Geography

The study of physical characteristics of earth and the distribution and effects of life on earth, especially that of humans.

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metropolitan coalescence

Geography; Geography

The merging of the urbanized areas of separate metropolitan regions; Megalopolis is an example of this process.

monadnock

Geography; Geography

An isolated hill or mountain of resistant rock rising above an eroded lowland.

moraine

Geography; Geography

The rocks and soil carried and deposited by a glacier. An "end moraine," either a ridge or low hill running perpendicular to the direction of ice movement, forms at the end of a ...

mudflow

Geography; Geography

A flowing mixture of water and debris (intermediate between a volcanic avalanche and a water flood) that forms on the slopes of a volcano. Sometimes called a debris flow or lahar, ...

multilingual

Geography; Geography

The ability to use more than one language when speaking or writing (see Bilingual). This term often refers to the presence of more than two populations of significant size within ...