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2 factors of drought

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famine and limited water supply

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2 factors effecting mass movements

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Vegetation binds together soil limiting mass movement

Weather because the rainfall lubricates and speeds up mass movement

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two factors of ecosystems

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Sea temperature > coral reefs grow best between 23 and 25 degrees
develop in sheltered locations (1) > bayheads and estuaries (1)

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two factors of river flooding

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High rainfall so higher discharge

Snow melting because there is increased run off in spring raising river levels

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Explain two factors that have led to the growth of megacities.

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Natural increase is high (1) as birth rates are higher than death rates (1).
Rural to urban migration (1), with extension through details of a push or pull factor (1).

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Two impacts of a fall in sea level:

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River erosion -
Impacts on costal ecosystems
Destructive waves
Destructive waves have lots of energy (1) which mean that there is more abrasion (1).

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