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Geography
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A mind map on some geography topics.
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Geography
Eco Tourism
Ecotourism= eco friendly holidays
Climate
Climate= average weather in a place over a period of time
Population Density
Population Density= the average number of people per square km.
Economic Activities
What you do for a living
Primary Activities
Gathering raw materials from the earth and sea
Secondary Activities
Manufacturing raw materials
Tertiary Activities
Providing a service
Quaternary Activities
Employment that involves using high technology and innovation
The Watercycle
The processes water goes through to make it from the sky to the ocean
Precipitation
Rain, hail, sleet or snow falls from the clouds
Condensation
Water vapour cools and turns into clouds
Evaporation
The sun heats up water from the sea and it turns into water vapour and goes into the air
Groundwater Flow
When water flows through the rocks and soil down underground
Surface Run Off
When water runs off the grounds surface
Transpiration
When the sun heats up water from the trees leaves
Floods
When water from the sea gets to high and bursts the river banks
Defence Against Floods
How you can prevent floods
Hard Engineering
Dams, Flood Walls, Storage Areas, Enbankments
Soft Engineering
Straightening and Deepening the River, Affrorestation, Washlands
Tectonic Plates
The plates under the Earths Crust but not as deep as the mantle
Continental Plates
Earths plates under continents and countries
Oceanic Plates
Plates under the sea
How are Volcanoes formed?
Volcanoes are usually formed when two continental plates meet and collide forcing the earths crust to buckle and pushing it upwards.
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