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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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continental climate

Geography; Physical geography

Typical climates of interior areas well away from the influence of the sea. Tend to hot summers and cold winters with a large temperature range between the two. Low overall ...

bourne

Geography; Physical geography

A seasonal river which flows in normally dry valleys during wetter periods of the year.

continental crust

Geography; Physical geography

Is the layer of granitic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.

before present (BP)

Geography; Physical geography

An alternative, more accurate, means of identifying past years.

continental drift

Geography; Physical geography

Theory that the land mass of the earth was once held as a single continent which has since split into segments which have drifted apart and into the modern configuration of the ...