Saturday, 14 July 2012

Geographic terms

  • Geological regions =   they have same kind of rocks
  • Rapids       =   areas of greatly disturbed areas of a river, unlike  waterfalls rapids are the result of continuous and relatively gentle slope rather than a sudden vertical drop
  • Geomorphology     =    scientific study of land forms and process that shape them/ study of the evolution and configuration of land forms 
  • Gradients     =   slope/ incline
  • Relief     = change in elevation over a given area of land
  • Moraine =  any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris /soil/rock
  • Fluvial  = deposits and land form created by rivers 

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