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environmental lapse rate (ELR)

Geography; Physical geography

Change in temperature with altitude above a particular point at a particular time. Average is 6.5蚓 per 1000m. Actual rates slower at lower altitude. In summer, rates tend to be quicker than in winter ...

nucleated settlement

Geography; Physical geography

The arrangement of buildings in a settlement in a tight cluster as a result of the landscape e.g. On top of a hill, around a road junction, in a meander loop and so on.

mull

Geography; Physical geography

A dark, crumbly, nutrient rich humus layer.

eustatic adjustment

Geography; Physical geography

Changes in sea level due to changes in the volume of water held in the ocean store.

tricellular model

Geography; Physical geography

The basis of the modern understanding of the general circulation of the atmosphere as it relates to the troposphere. Air rises at the equator due to convection and is forced to move to higher ...