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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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ravine
Geography; Physical geography
Deep, steep-sided valley, gorge or cleft cut into a rocky landscape.
volcanic plume
Geography; Physical geography
The cloud of gases and solids ejected into the atmosphere from a volcano and then carried by the wind.
sleet
Geography; Physical geography
A form of precipitation where snow falls through warmer air and arrives at the surface partially melted.
flocculation
Geography; Physical geography
The clustering of clay particles when river load meets sea water. The resultant larger particles sink more easily.
gravity model
Geography; Physical geography
A formula to calculate the likely interaction between two places given their distance apart, size and barriers (or lack of connectivity) between them.
medial moraine
Geography; Physical geography
Deposits of the load carried in the middle of the glacier where two lateral moraines came together from tributary glacier.
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