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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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erratic
Geography; Physical geography
A large, extremely heavy boulder found in an area of entirely different geology. As the boulder clearly did not form in this area it must have come from another, and source areas ...
renewable resources
Geography; Physical geography
Flows or living things which are either never-ending or grow quickly enough that their use does not lead to exhaustion.
plantation
Geography; Physical geography
A large-scale form of agriculture in which a tree or bush species is planted from which a fruit, leaf or sap is harvested. Crucially the plants are not cut and replanted each year ...
temperate deciduous forest
Geography; Physical geography
Forest that dominates in temperate areas. Trees are deciduous i.e. They shed all their leaves during the winter season (or during drier periods).
erosion
Geography; Physical geography
The degradation and removal of rock material by an agent (water, wind or ice). See abrasion, attrition, hydraulic action, solution, wave-pounding.
stratus cloud
Geography; Physical geography
A layered cloud found below 2.5 km which produces light drizzle.
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