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pull factor

Geography; Physical geography

An attractive quality of a place which pulls migrants to it.

water cycle

Geography; Physical geography

See hydrological cycle.

rossby waves

Geography; Physical geography

The wave-pattern of flow of the westerly winds which blow in the upper atmosphere. Thought to be the result of diversion of air flow around the rockies and andes, they change in both number and ...

nutrient sink

Geography; Physical geography

An ecosystem which has a tendency to store organic matter and thus the nutrients within it. E.g. Peat bogs.

solar radiation

Geography; Physical geography

See insolation.

sea-floor spreading

Geography; Physical geography

The widening of an ocean basin by the creation of new crust at a divergent margin.

mid-oceanic ridge

Geography; Physical geography

An elongated range of undersea mountains formed by the extrusion of lava, combined with the upward pressure of a convection plume, at a divergent plate margin.