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GEOGRAPHY-yearly Flashcards

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Desertification Definition

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The spread of desert lands and land degradation across more arable land.

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Where do you find Rainshadowdeserts?

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On the leeward side of mountains

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Define semi arid

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The transition zone between deserts and grassland that receives an average rainfall of 250-500mm a year

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Arable Definition

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Dry, parched climate of the land

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What is an oasis

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An area in the desert where groundwater is close to the surface and plants can grow

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What are 6 types of deserts

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Hot/Dry or trade wind, Mid latitude or semi arid, Rainshadow, Coastal, monsoon and polar deserts

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What’s a wadi?

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A stream or river course in a valley of a desert

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Arable definition

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Land that is capable of growing crops

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What are 3 examples of coastal deserts ?

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Atacana, nambib, great sandy

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10
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What are the 3 desert classifications

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Extremely arid, arid, semi arid

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What are physical maps

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Maps that display continents, islands, rivers, mountains and elevations, lakes, deserts, oceans, seas and sometimes ocean currents ( natural features)

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What are political maps

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This maps shows the countries, states, cities, and ocean bodies of the world

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What’s a topographic map?

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Maps that show the shape of the land, (RELIEF) meaning contour lines, spot heights, trig points and shading

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What are thematic maps

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The map shows physical or human features of the environment basically anything: eg. Agriculture, forestry, mining, corn fields

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What’s a legend

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Is the key of the map, shows symbols on the map eg. Red lines for roads

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What does BOLTS stand for

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Border, orientation , legend, title, scale

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What are physical features on the map

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Physical features can be mapped on physical world, these features include landforms and living things. There are also physical environments, these include; rainforests, mountains, deserts and polar lands

18
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What are cultural features

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Cultural or ‘human’ features occur when people have changed their surroundings, these include places like Sydney or New York. It also includes agriculture lands and industrial area. These features can be mapped on political or thematic maps.

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What are the 4 scales

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Written, Linear, Representive fraction, ratios

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What are the 4 map projections

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Cylindrical, conical, azimuthal, interrupted,

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What are cylindrical map projections

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Projects the surface of the globe into a cylinder, just touches outer edge of the globe. Resulting projection- rectangle

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What are conical map projections

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Project globe into a cone, just touches the outside edges of the globe. Resulting projection - little bigger than a semi circle

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What are azimuthal map projection

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Projects the surface of a globe into a flat surface, resulting projection - circle

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What are interrupted map projections

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Resulting projection, weird pattern - sort of triangular

25
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How to locate features with longitude and latitude

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Latitude and longitude are expressed in degrees. Latitude is always written in S° or N° and longitude is written W° or E°. Latitude is always written first

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What are contour lines

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A line with the height marked on it. all places on a contour line are the same height above sea level.

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What is spot height?

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A dot with the height in meters next to it

28
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What are isobars

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Are lines that join at places of equal air pressure. Air pressure is measured in hectorpascals (hPa)

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What are the 2 main lines of longitude

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Tropic of Cancer (23 1/2° N)

Tropic of Capricorn ( 23 1/2° S)

30
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What are 3 physical features of the environment

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Slopes
Flood plains
Soil
Vegetation

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