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remembrement

Geography; Physical geography

The consolidation of fragmented land parcels, split by inheritance practices over many years, back into larger units.

A graph which combines a bar chart of precipitation in a particular event with a line graph of discharge for a particular river channel in the catchment area of that event and thus the reaction of ...

palaeoclimate

Geography; Physical geography

Evidence of past climate that can be seen in the present e.g. Glacial landforms in non-glacial areas, oxygen isotopes in ice deposits.

instability

Geography; Physical geography

The continued rising of an air mass as it is warmer than the surrounding, or environmental, air. This is especially common after the rising mass has passed the dew point and so cools at the saturated ...

scatter-graph

Geography; Physical geography

A graph which plots values by the use of dots. The dependent variable usually goes on the y-axis and the independent variable on the x-axis. The values are plotted as coordinates.

palaeomagnetism

Geography; Physical geography

Evidence of past differences in the alignment of the earth magnetic field. Provides some of the strongest evidence for sea-floor spreading

global cooling

Geography; Physical geography

The cooling of the atmosphere, or more properly the decrease over time in average annual global temperature. Reasons probably include a combination of reduced greenhouse gas content, orbit ...