Geography key words
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Caused by the river picking up material in the river and rubbing it against the bed and the banks of the channel in the flow
Abrasion
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The farming of crops like wheat and barley
Arable
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The rock bridge formed over a passage through a headland eroded by the waves
Arch
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A type of erosion where particles carried by rivers or waves are worn down as they collide with each other, so they become smaller and rounded
Attrition
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The movement of a wave down a beach back to the sea
Backwash
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An area of sea, curved in shape in which has been eroded between two headlands
Bay
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A slopping area of sand or pebbles between low and high water marks
Beach
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The process of rocks being broken down by chemicals produced by living things, such as acidic droppings
Bio-chemical weathering
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The process of rocks being broken down by living things
Biological weathering
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The process of rocks being broken down physically by living things
Bio-physical weathering
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A hollow at the base of a cliff which has been eroded backwards by waves
Cave
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Farming in which crops are grown for sale
Commercial agriculture
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The type of coast where the rock type runs parallel to the coastline
Concordant coastline
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A gently breaking wave with a strong swash and weak backwash. It adds more material to the beach than it removes
Constructive wave
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Chemical erosion caused by the dissolving of rocks and material by water
Corrosion
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A small bay with a narrow intlet
Cove
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A strong wave that removes material from the coastline
Destructive wave
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Land that follows the same gentle slope as the layers of rocks underneath
Dip slope
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A coast where bands of hard and soft rocks lie at right angles to the coastline forming headlands and bays
Discordant coastline
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The wearing away and removal of material by a moving force, such as a river, a breaking wave or glacier
Erosion
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The process of rocks breaking up from repeated freezing and thawing
Freezde thaw weathering
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The difefrent types of rocks that make up an area
Geology
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An area of more resistant rock jutting out into the sea from the cliff-line
Headland
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The points reached on a coast by the highest and lowest tides
High and low water marks
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This results from the sheer force of moving water wearing away the river bed and banks, or waves wearing away sea cliffs
Hydraulic action
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A vertical crack within a layer of rock
Joint
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Molten rock that erupts from a volcano or fissure
Lava
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A horizontal or gently slopping area of limestone, comprised of large blocks (clints) separated by deep eroded fissures (grykes)
Limestone pavement
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Semi-molten rock found in the mantle layer of the Earth
Magma
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The movement of material down a slope due to gravity
Mass movement
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A rock formed from other rock changed by extreme pressure or heat. It is usually formed from layers or bands or crystals and is very hard
Metamorphic rock
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The height and shape of the land
Relief
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Rock formed of small particles that have been eroded, transported, and deposited in layers, such as sandstone or from the remains of plants and animals
Sedimentary rock
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The gentle slope on the inside of a meander bend formed by deposition
Slip-off slope
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A run-down and often overcrowded urban area with poor quality housing and services
Slum
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A type of mass movement where soil or rock slides down a slope, often rotating as it moves
Slumping
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An isolated column of rock. standing just off the coast taht was once attatched to the land
Stack
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A short piece of rock found at the end of a headland formed after a stack has collapsed
Stump
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The movement of a breaking wave up a beach
Swash
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A valley with a V-shaped cross section formed by river erosion
V-shaped valley
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Cone-shaped mountain formed by surface eruptions of magma from inside the Earth
Volcano
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A small overhang at the base of the cliff formed where wave action is greatest
Wave cut notch
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A flat area of rock at the bottom of cliffs seen at low tide
Wave cut platform
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The breakdown and decay of rock by natural processes acting on rocks, on cliffs and valley sides
Weathering
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The amount of crops produced by a particular area of land
Yield
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The farming of crops like wheat and barley
Back
Arable
Card 3
Front
The rock bridge formed over a passage through a headland eroded by the waves
Back
Card 4
Front
A type of erosion where particles carried by rivers or waves are worn down as they collide with each other, so they become smaller and rounded
Back
Card 5
Front
The movement of a wave down a beach back to the sea
Back
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