The UK’s evolving physical landscape - Kerboodle

1 gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements: 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 1 of 12 Name _____ Class _____ Complete your own glossary of key geographical terms. Add the definitions as you work through Chapter 4: The UK s evolving physical landscape . Key Term Definition Abrasion Alluvium Antecedent rainfall Anticline Arch Attrition Backwash Bankful Bar gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements.

2 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 2 of 12 Beach Beach profile Berm Carbon dating Carboniferous period Cave Channel Concordant (coasts) Constructive waves Cost-benefit analysis Cove gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements: 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 3 of 12 Cross profile Cross section Delta Destructive waves Dip slope Discharge Discordant (coasts) Dissipate Dredging Dry valleys gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements.

3 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 4 of 12 Erosion Escarpment Estuary Evaporation Eyot Fault scarp Faults Fetch Flood plain Friction gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements: 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 5 of 12 Glaciated Gorge Gradient Groundwater flow Groynes Hard engineering Helicoidal flow Holistic (coastal management) Hydraulic action Hydrograph gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements.

4 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 6 of 12 Igneous Infiltration Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Interception zone Interlocking spurs Jet stream Lagoon Lev es Limestone Load gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements: 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 7 of 12 Long profile Longshore drift Lowland landscape Marine processes Mass movement Meander Metamorphic (in reference to rocks) Middle course Misfit rivers Mudflats gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements.

5 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 8 of 12 Nodules (in reference to chalk) Ox-bow lake Permeable Plunge pool Point bar Prevailing wind Recurved end River cliff Rock outcrop Salt marsh gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements: 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 9 of 12 Saltation Sand dune Scarp and vale topography Scree Sediment Sedimentary (rocks) Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) Soft engineering Soil creep Solution gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements.

6 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 10 of 12 Spit Spring Stack Stakeholders Storm hydrograph Storm surge Strata Stump Sub-aerial processes Surface runoff gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements: 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 11 of 12 Suspension Swallow hole Swash Terminal groyne syndrome Thalweg Throughflow Till Traction Transpiration Tributary gcse Geography edexcel B Kerboodle Oxford University Press 2016 This may be reproduced for class use solely within the purchaser s school or institution Acknowledgements.

7 4 The UK s evolving physical landscape Page 12 of 12 Upland landscape Uplifted (in geology) Upper course Urbanisation U-shape (river valley) Velocity Water table Waterfall Weathering Keep this glossary for revision time! Using geographical terminology in your exam will help you to improve your grade.