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This class was created by Brainscape user Leah Graham. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Leah Graham
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Decks in this class (24)

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

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