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Physical Geography
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Overview of the Physical Geography Unit of GCSE Geography Higher/Foundation
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Physical Geography
Weather and Climate
The Sonoran Desert
Barely any rain per year
Diverse Plant Life
Adapted to Hard life
Giant Cactus
Collects water and stores it
They Grow Slowly
200 Year Life Span!
Climate Change
Average world air temperature has increased
Earth's Poles have decreased in Size
Melted
Low proportion of Oxygen 18 isotopes = Warmer Climate
The Arctic's ice layer is thinning at a rapid rate
Coastal Landscapes
Happisburg ("Hairs-Bruhh")
Located on the NORTH-NORFOLK Coast
25 Homes Lost.... So far....
Valuable Farmland Lost
Local Tourism and Economy has Sufferd
No Government money for sea Defences
Homes worth £1 on the Market
Coastal Managment
Hard Engineering
Groynes
Rip-rap (Stones and Boulders)
sea Wall
Soft Engineering
Beach Managment
Managed Retreat
Eco-Systems
Rainforests
Bio-Diversity
Delicate Balance
Water and Nutrients are Recycled in the Rainforests
Rainfall daily
Absorbed by Plants
Cloud cover helps the plants below from being Baked!
Nutrients are recycled to feed plants and other Life
Destruction
make room for farming
leads to soil Erosion
Crops then Die
Forests take ages to recover
Forests act as Tourist Hotspots
Rock Landscapes
Igneous rocks are fire formed
Originate from magma
Example = Basalt
Metamorphic rocks
Created/Formed by High Temperatures and Pressure
Aerial Erosion
Caused Rock Landscapes on Cliffs
Biological Weathering
Causes Rock to expand and Crumble
Glacial Landscapes
Glaciers leave thick areas of Sediment
Known as 'Drifts'
Particularly thick around the North Norfolk Coast
Material Left behind includes
Boulder Clay
Outwash
Ice Ages
Started in the UK, in the Scottish Highlands
Scientists are predicting the Next Ice Age
By Researching Ice ages that happened in the Past
They research glaciers out at sea
Natural Hazards
Hati Earthquake
Carribbean Plate
North American Plate
3 Million people Effected
Over 220,000 Deaths
Airport and Port Destroyed
Epicentre = Port Au Prince
Rivers and water
Hydraulic Action
Attrition
Abrasion
Solution
High Velocity Rivers
Can carry Large sediment and Large Items
Low Velocity
Carries small sediment and particles
Rivers
Provide us with:
Energy
Food
Recreation
Transport Routes
1, Upper Course
2, Middle Course
3, Lower Course
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