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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

The text delves into various aspects of physical geography, focusing initially on Earth's dynamic processes such as plate tectonics, folding, faulting, and the movement of continents.

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY By Sameen I

CLIMATE SYSTEMS (LOWERNH)

PRECIPITATION
HUMAN
Agriculture
Raising CO2 levels
Pollution
Climate Change
NEAR WATER
Continental
Maritime
RELIEF PRECIPITATION
Orographic
ELEVATION
The lower the elevation, the hotter it is
The higher the elevation, the colder it gets
WIND
Nice sunshine from SW
Bad winter storms come from the NW
West to East
OCEAN CURRENT
LATITUDE
The lower the latitude, the hotter it is
The higher the latitude, the colder it gets

SOIL

CALCIFICATION
Dry Climate Regions
LEACHING
Wet Climate Regions
MINERALS
Provides Nutrition
ORGANIC MATTER
Fertilizers
Nitrogen and Carbon
Decomposing Leaves
WATER
AIR

NATURAL DISASTERS

BLIZZARD
TSUNAMI
LANDSLIDES
AVALANCHE
EARTHQUAKES
TORNADO
HURRICANE

WILDLIFE

EXTINCTION
ANIMALS
DESTRUCTION

VEGETATION

TUNDRA
Grow in Permafrost
Shrubs
Moss
GRASSES
Plains
CONIFEROUS
"Softwood"

Spruce

Pine

DECIDUOUS
"Hardwood"

Maple

Oak

CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS

PUKASKWA NATIONAL PARK
Canadian Shield
CAPE BRETON NATIONAL PARK
Appalachians
RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Plateaus
POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK
Glaciation
ELLESMERE ISLAND NATIONAL PARK
Thermal Oasis
Innuitions
BANFF NATIONAL PARK
Western Cordillera
Alpine Meadows

CANADIAN LANDFORM REGIONS

INNUITIONS
WESTERN CORDILLERA
INTERIOR PLAIN
APPALACHIAN REGIONS
GREAT LAKES and ST. LAWRENCE RIVER LOWLANDS
CANADIAN SHIELD
ARCTIC and HUDSON BAY LOWLAND

EARTH'S LAYERS

INNER CORE
OUTER CORE
MESOSPHERE
ASTHENOSPHERE
LITHOSPHERE
CRUST

GEOLOGICAL TIME

CENOZOIC ERA
MESOZOIC ERA
PALEOZOIC ERA
PRECAMBRIAN ERA

EROSION'S

SOIL EROSION
WAVE EROSION
ICE EROSION
RIVER EROSION
WIND EROSION

GLACIATIONS

STREAMS OF WATER
MORAINES
KETTLE LAKES
DEPRESSIONS
Volcanic-Related
Structural/Tectonic-Related
Collapse-Related
Erosion-Related
ICE AGE

ROCKS

TYPES OF ROCKS
Magma/Lava
Metamorphic Rocks
Igneous Rocks
Sedimentary Rocks
ROCK CYCLE

EARTH'S MOVEMENT

VOLCANOES
Landslides

30 km of land washed out

Flying Debris

2 Tonne rocks flying 2 km in distance

Pyroclastic Clouds

Poisonous Gas

Lava Flow

250 km/h

500 Degrees Celsius

FAULTING
FOLDING
PANGAEA
Plate Tectonics

Pacific Ring of Fire

EARTH IN SPACE
Earth's Rotation/Seasons