Geography Flashcards
(25 cards)
Birth Rate
The number of births in a country a year per 1000 people
Death Rate
The number of deaths in a country in a year per 1000 people
Population Density
How people are spread around; in a country or area.
Density Populated
Lots of people live there.
Sparely Populated
Very few people live there.
Fetch
The length of water the wind blows over, before it meets the coasts.
Erosion
wearing away of rock, stones and soil by rivers, the wind glaciers.
Transportation
the carrying away of material by rivers, waves, the wind glaciers
Deposition
to drop material; Waves deposit sand and small stones in sheltered parts.
Tide
the rise and full in sea level, due mainly to the pull of the moon.
Abarsion
sand and pebbles fund against rock.
Attrition
chunks of rock banging together
Groynes
barriers of wood or stone down a beach, to stop sand being washed away.
Headland
land that juts out into the sea.
Coast
where the land meets the sea. There is coast all around Britain.
Longshore drift
the movement of sand and other material parallel to the shore, carried along by the waves.
Hydraulic Action
the action of water pressure in breaking up rock. (type of erosion)
Population Distributuion
how the population is spread around
Shingle
small pebbles deposited by the waves
Sparely Populated Area
very few people live there.
Spit
a strip of sand or shingle
Wave-cut Platform
the flat rocky are left behind when waves erode.
Deposit
to drop material; waves deposit sand and small stones in sheltered parts of the coast, forming beaches.
Retrememt
a sloping barrier, usually of wood or concrete, built to absorb the energy of the waves.
