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throughfall

Geography; Physical geography

Precipitation falling through the vegetation cover to the surface. It is slowed by collisions with leaves and branches but does not get fully intercepted by them.

The theory concerning the structure of the earth and the processes occurring which explain the configuration of the continents and the location of earthquakes and volcanic activity. There are three ...

wetland

Geography; Physical geography

An area of land that is permanently saturated up to or very near to the surface.

ice age

Geography; Physical geography

See glacial.

global warming

Geography; Physical geography

The warming of the atmosphere, or more properly the increase over time in average annual global temperature. Reasons probably include increased greenhouse gas content, orbit fluctuations increasing ...

gulf stream

Geography; Physical geography

A warm ocean current that originates in the caribbean and flows north-east across the atlantic where it becomes the north atlantic drift and is responsible for the mildness of the climate in the uk ...