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Natural Hazards
Natural hazard 1,
Social impact 2,
Hazard risk 3
27
cards
The challenge of natural hazards
Social impacts 1,
Natural hazard 2,
Hazard risk 3
14
cards
Glaciation
Niche glaciers 1,
Piedmont glacier 2,
Snowline 3
34
cards
Physical characteristics of cold environments
Four types of cold environments 1,
Polar 2,
Alpine 3
12
cards
Global distribution of cold environments
Polar environment 1,
Periglacial environment 2,
Alpine environment 3
5
cards
How a glacier moves
Ice moving downhill 1,
Pressure melting point 2,
Pmp of a glacier 3
11
cards
Movement in warm based glaciers
Basal flow slippage 1,
Regulation slip 2,
Creep 3
5
cards
Glacial surface features
Marginal crevasses 1,
Transverse crevasses 2,
Longitudinal crevasses 3
6
cards
Glacial Weathering
Frost shattering 1,
Glacial transportation types 2,
Supraglacial 3
5
cards
Glacial deposition
Drift 1,
When does deposition occur 2,
Till 3
15
cards
Glacial erosion
Glacial erosion 1,
Processes of glacial erosion 2,
Abrasion 3
6
cards
Periglaciation
Permafrost 1,
Continuous permafrost 2,
Discontinuous permafrost 3
9
cards
Fragility of cold environments
Fragile 1,
Fragility of cold environments 2,
Why do cold environments have sig...
6
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Human impacts on fragile cold environments
Oil spills in siberia russia 1,
Tourism in alpine environments 2
2
cards
Impacts of climate change in the Swiss Alps
Flooding and landslides 1,
Melting permafrost 2,
Ecosystems 3
5
cards
Adapting to climate change in the European Alps
Tourism 1,
Droughts 2,
Climate change 3
5
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Oil exploitation in Alaska, USA
Oil exploitation in alaska usa 1,
Trans alaska pipeline 2,
Planning for alternative possible...
3
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Traditional adaptions in the Arctic Tundra
Inuit 1,
Facts about inuits 2,
Summer and winter adaptions 3
4
cards
Contemporary adaptions in the Arctic Tundra
Contemporary adaptions in the arc...,
Issues with permafrost 2,
New methods 3
3
cards
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
What is valdez 1,
When 2,
What happened 3
17
cards
Vuntut Gwitchin
Community 1,
Old crow 2,
Traditional culture 3
3
cards
Porcupine Caribou Herd
Porcupine caribou herd 1,
Spring 2,
Winter 3
5
cards
Nant Ffrancon and Ogwen Valley
Nant ffrancon and ogwen valley 1,
U shaped valley 2,
Llyn ogwen 3
6
cards
Glacial ice
Lower zone 1,
Upper zone 2
2
cards
Types of glacial systems
Isolated system 1,
Closed system 2,
Open systems 3
3
cards
Processes of glacial weathering
Processes of glacial weathering 1,
Nivation 2
2
cards
Glacial erosion + Deposition landforms
Glacial erosion deposition landfo...,
Corries 2,
Processes of corries 3
18
cards
Fluvioglacial Erosion + Deposition landforms
Fluvioglacial erosion deposition ...,
Fluvioglacial processes 2,
Meltwater channels 3
7
cards
Periglacial landforms
Periglacial landforms 1,
Patterned ground 2,
Frost heave 3
12
cards
River, floods and management - questions
Describe how water reaches a rive...,
Explain likely effects of the for...
2
cards
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