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1.1 The drainage basin system
Precipitation,
Interception,
Surface storage
33
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1.2 Discharge relationships within drainage basins
Hydrograph definition,
Storm hydrograph,
Flashy flood hydrograph features
74
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1.3 River channel processes and landforms
Abrasion,
Solution,
Cavitation
109
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1.4 The human impact
Soft engineering land use zoning ...,
Example of land use zoning,
Example of flood abatement
40
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Case Study: Pakistan
Pakistan 2010 flooding causes cli...,
Pakistan floods causes drainage b...,
Pakistan floods causes human factors
8
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2.1 Diurnal energy budgets
Insolation,
Terrestrial radiation,
Sensible heat transfer
56
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2.2 The global energy budget
Where is there a deficit in the g...,
How changes in cloud cover affect...,
How changes in planetary albedo a...
55
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2.3 Weather processes and phenomena
Evaporation,
Evaporation impact on surrounding...,
Condensation
43
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2.4 The human impact
Greenhouse effect,
Causes enhanced greenhouse effect,
Enhanced greenhouse effect
34
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3.1 Plate tectonics
Divergent boundary,
Convection currents convectional ...,
Sea floor spreading
58
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3.2 Weathering
Regolith,
Scree,
Weathering
71
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3.3 Slope processes
Mass movement definition,
When does slope failure occur,
Carson kirby diagram
101
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3.4 The human impact
0
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Case study: Hong Kong
0
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8.1 Coastal processes
Coast definition,
Zones of coastal zone 4,
Onshore classification
149
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8.2 Characteristics and formation of coastal landforms
Factors that affect cliff profiles,
Influence of bedding and jointing...,
Rate of erosion of granite
119
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8.3 Coral reefs
0
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8.4 Sustainable management of coasts
0
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Case Study: Sediment cell 2A
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9.1 Hazards resulting from tectonic processes (earthquakes rn)
Earthquake definition,
Fault definition,
Why do earthquakes occur 7
53
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Hazards: Volcanoes
Where do volcanoes form,
Lava flows,
Lava flows speed
11
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9.2 Hazards resulting from mass movements
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9.3 Hazards resulting from atmospheric disturbances
Large small scale tropical distur...,
Tropical cyclone characteristics 2,
Tropical cyclone definition
18
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9.4 Sustainable management in hazardous environments
0
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