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Geography
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Concentrated National 5 Geography
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national 5
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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
Earth's Tilt
Poles get 6 months sun p.a, w/a Equator gets 12 months sun p.a.
Altitude/Relief
Temperature
-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
Aspect
North facing slopes = colder
Receives less energy
North facing Ski Slopes
Distance From Sea
Sea = "big-ass temperature controller"
Regulates extremes of winter and summer
Water has higher heat capacity than air
Currents
UK is kept warm by North Atlantic Drift
Air Masses
Arctic Maritime
Super-cold and wet
From North Pole
Impacts
Travel disruption
Road, rail, airports
Due to heavy snow
Schools & businesses close
Loss of money
Disruption to learning and parents
Farming
Crops die
Animals can't graze
Must be housed and fed
Snow Sports
Benefit from snow, higher business
Wider economy - hotels, shops etc.- benefits
Tropical Maritime
Warm, wet and unsettled
From Atlantic
Prevailing wind
Few effects, a little negative on tourism
Polar Maritime
Wet, cold in winter, unsettled
Has similar disruption to AM in winter
Cloudy, sun&showers, etc.
Fairly common
From Greenland
Polar Continental
Dry but cold as a snowman's toes
Siberian
"Beast from the East"
Effects
Freezing
Black ice
Freezing fog
Airports, power lines
Burst pipes
Prolongs existing snow
Tropical Continental
Hot and dry
African
Summer Impacts
Heat waves
Drought
Crops
Irrigation = £££
Hosepipe ban
Health negatives
Pressure
Human Environments
Global Issues
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