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Decks in this class (17)

1.1 The drainage basin system
In the drainage basin what are th...,
What are the stores 2,
What are the flows 3
26  cards
1.2 Discharge relationships within drainage basins
What is lag time on a hydrograph 1,
What is the rising limb on a hydr...,
What is the falling limb on a hyd...
9  cards
1.3 River Channel processes and Landforms
What is abrasion 1,
What is solution erosion 2,
What is hydraulic action 3
30  cards
1.4 The human impact
What is deforestation 1,
What is afforestation 2,
What are check dams 3
26  cards
2.1 Diurnal Energy Budgets
What are the tropopause stratopau...,
What is the role of ozone 2,
What is the role of co2 in the at...
26  cards
2.2 The global energy budget
What are winds 1,
What are air masses classified as 2,
What is the temperature and humid...
23  cards
2.3 Weather processes and phenomena
What is sublimation 1,
What is deposition 2,
What is absolute humidity 3
20  cards
2.4 The Human Impact
What are greenhouse gases 1,
What is the greenhouse effect 2,
What is global warming 3
12  cards
3.1 Plate Tectonics
What is sedimentary rock 1,
What is metamorphic rock 2,
What is igneous rock 3
31  cards
3.2 Weathering
What is thermal fracture 1,
What is granular disintegration 2,
What is block disintegration 3
16  cards
9.1 Hazards resulting from tectonic processes
What is a hazard 1,
What is a hazard event 2,
What is a disaster 3
46  cards
3.3 Slope processes
Mass movement 1,
Regolith 2,
Soil creep 3
17  cards
9.2 Hazards resulting from mass movments
Slide 1,
Slump slip 2,
Flow 3
3  cards
9.3 Hazards resulting from atmospheric disturbances
Tropical cyclones 1,
Tropical storms 2,
Tornadoes 3
12  cards
8.1 Coastal processes
Fetch 1,
Wave crest 2,
Wave trough 3
27  cards
8.2 The characteristics and formation of coastal landforms
Inter tidal zone 1,
Backshore zone 2,
Springtide 3
31  cards
8.3 Coral reefs
Fringing reef 1,
Barrier reef 2,
Atoll reef 3
3  cards

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