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Mindmap von Eva Dowding, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Eva Dowding
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Geography
- Physical Environments
- Weather
- Factors
Affecting
- Latitude
- Closer to poles = Colder
- More sky for sun
to go through t/f
more energy
absorbed by sky,
not land.
- Energy is spread
over a larger area
b/c earth curvature
t/f less energy per
square metre.
- Albedo Effect
- Ice/snow reflects energy
- Up to 90% lost
- Up to 90% lost
- Ice/snow reflects energy
- Earth's Tilt
- Poles get 6 months sun p.a, w/a
Equator gets 12 months sun p.a.
- Poles get 6 months sun p.a, w/a
Equator gets 12 months sun p.a.
- More sky for sun
to go through t/f
more energy
absorbed by sky,
not land.
- Closer to poles = Colder
- Altitude/Relief
- Temperature
- -1K/100m
- -1K/100m
- Precipitation
- A Cross Section of the UK
- East of UK is drier than west b/c
of rain shadow.
- Orographic Precipitation = Relief Rainfall
- Orographic Precipitation = Relief Rainfall
- East of UK is drier than west b/c
of rain shadow.
- A Cross Section of the UK
- Temperature
- Aspect
- North facing slopes = colder
- Receives less energy
- North facing Ski Slopes
- North facing Ski Slopes
- Receives less energy
- North facing slopes = colder
- Distance From Sea
- Sea = "big-ass
temperature
controller"
- Regulates extremes of
winter and summer
- Water has higher
heat capacity than
air
- Regulates extremes of
winter and summer
- Sea = "big-ass
temperature
controller"
- Currents
- UK is kept warm by North Atlantic Drift
- UK is kept warm by North Atlantic Drift
- Latitude
- Air Masses
- Arctic Maritime
- Super-cold and wet
- From North Pole
- Impacts
- Travel disruption
- Road, rail, airports
- Due to heavy snow
- Road, rail, airports
- Schools & businesses close
- Loss of money
- Disruption to learning and parents
- Loss of money
- Farming
- Crops die
- Animals can't graze
- Must be housed and fed
- Must be housed and fed
- Crops die
- Snow Sports
- Benefit from snow, higher business
- Wider economy - hotels, shops etc.- benefits
- Wider economy - hotels, shops etc.- benefits
- Benefit from snow, higher business
- Travel disruption
- Super-cold and wet
- Tropical Maritime
- Warm, wet and unsettled
- From Atlantic
- Prevailing wind
- Few effects, a little negative on tourism
- Few effects, a little negative on tourism
- Warm, wet and unsettled
- Polar Maritime
- Wet, cold in winter, unsettled
- Has similar disruption to AM in winter
- Cloudy, sun&showers, etc.
- Has similar disruption to AM in winter
- Fairly common
- From Greenland
- Wet, cold in winter, unsettled
- Polar Continental
- Dry but cold as a snowman's toes
- Siberian
- "Beast from the East"
- Siberian
- Effects
- Freezing
- Black ice
- Freezing fog
- Airports, power lines
- Airports, power lines
- Burst pipes
- Black ice
- Prolongs existing snow
- Freezing
- Dry but cold as a snowman's toes
- Tropical Continental
- Hot and dry
- African
- Summer Impacts
- Heat waves
- Drought
- Crops
- Irrigation = £££
- Irrigation = £££
- Hosepipe ban
- Crops
- Health negatives
- Heat waves
- Hot and dry
- Arctic Maritime
- Pressure
- Factors
Affecting
- Weather
- Human Environments
- Global Issues
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