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The drainage basin + systems
Drainage basin definition 1,
Systems definition 2,
Closed system definition 3
11
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Storm Hydrograph
What is a storm hydrograph 1,
Peak rainfall 2,
Rising limb 3
12
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Fluvial Processes
How do rivers erode 1,
Name 4 types of erosion 2,
Abrasion 3
14
cards
Fluvial Landforms
Upper course characteristics 1,
V shaped valley 2,
Formation of a waterfall 3
29
cards
Channelisation
Channelisation 1,
Methods of channelisation 2,
Re sectioning 3
14
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Management strategies
Hard engineering 1,
Soft engineering 2,
Why are sustainable and environme...
4
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The East Belfast Alleviation Scheme
What is connswater community gree...,
How many properties does it prote...,
What was the aim of phase 1 3
5
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Global Biomes
What climatic factors determine t...,
Name 4 major global biomes 2,
Tundra 3
6
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soil processes
What are the processes involved i...,
Why is humus important 2,
Leaching 3
9
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biomes
The temperate mid latitude grassl...,
Soil profile associated with temp...,
The tundra biome 3
3
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small scale ecosystems
Biosphere definition 1,
Ecosystem definition 2,
4 realms of earth 3
10
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trophic structure
What is trophic structure 1,
Trophic pyramid 2,
Food pyramids pyramids by number 3
8
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nutrient cycling
What are nutrients 1,
Sources of nutrients 2,
Transfer of nutrients 3
15
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vegetation succession
Seral stages 1,
Climatic climax vegetation 2,
Plagioclimax vegetation 3
8
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magilligan sand dunes
Formation of sand dunes 1,
Blank 2
2
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vertical layering in the atmosphere
The atmosphere may be 1,
Due to gravity and compression 2,
Troposphere 3
12
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the heat budget
Surplus 1,
Deficit 2,
The annual heat surplus from trop...
12
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global pressure and winds
Atmospheric pressure 1,
What is pressure measured with 2,
Isobars 3
9
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tri-cellular model
What 3 cells control the circulat...,
What do these 3 cells do 2,
Development of the hadley cell 3
11
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global factors influencing insolation
Global factors influencing insola...,
Blank 2
2
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weather in the British isles
Precipitation 1,
Formation of orographic relief ra...,
Adiabatic cooling 3
7
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formation of mid-latitude weather systems
Air masses 1,
Air masses affecting the british ...,
Tropical martime 3
7
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depressions
How does a depression form 1,
General weather conditions associ...,
1 before the warm front 3
8
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anticyclones
Anticyclone 1
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