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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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North Atlantic Drift
Geography; Physical geography
The name for the warm ocean current in the north-east atlantic that originates in the caribbean as the gulf stream.
levée
Geography; Physical geography
The naturally raised bank of a river. When flooding occurs, the water immediately begins to lose energy and deposits the larger load. With distance from the channel the deposited ...
Pacific ring of fire
Geography; Physical geography
The ring of volcanoes to be found around the pacific rim. Many of the rim coastal areas are subduction zones, hence the pattern of activity.
s-wave
Geography; Physical geography
A seismic wave which moves material in a motion perpendicular to the direction in which the energy of the wave itself is travelling.
joints
Geography; Physical geography
Natural crack in a rock running vertically between bedding planes.
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