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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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diastrophism

Geography; Physical geography

Movements producing positional changes in the crust. Orogenic changes are large scale folding and faulting processes which lead to landforms such as fold mountains. Epeirogenic ...

cardinal points

Geography; Physical geography

North, south, east, west.

backshore

Geography; Physical geography

That part of a beach between high water during normal spring tides and the foot of the cliff.

diffluence

Geography; Physical geography

The breakaway from a large glacier of a smaller, secondary flow of ice which then crosses a drainage divide. May involve uphill movement. Has important implications for ...