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1.1 The drainage basin system
Precipitation,
Interception,
Surface storage
33
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1.2 Discharge relationships within drainage basins
Hydrograph definition,
Storm hydrograph,
Flashy flood hydrograph features
74
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1.3 River channel processes and landforms
Abrasion,
Solution,
Cavitation
123
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1.4 The human impact
Key evaluation points relating to...,
Impact of dams reservoirs on stor...,
Evaluation of dams reservoirs
21
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Case Study: Pakistan
Pakistan 2010 flooding causes cli...,
Pakistan floods causes drainage b...,
Pakistan floods causes human factors
8
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2.1 Diurnal energy budgets
Insolation,
Terrestrial radiation,
Sensible heat transfer
56
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2.2 The global energy budget
Where is there a deficit in the g...,
How changes in cloud cover affect...,
How changes in planetary albedo a...
56
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2.3 Weather processes and phenomena
Evaporation,
Evaporation impact on surrounding...,
Condensation
43
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2.4 The human impact
Greenhouse effect,
Causes enhanced greenhouse effect,
Atmospheric impacts of global war...
31
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3.1 Plate tectonics
Divergent boundary,
Convection currents convectional ...,
Sea floor spreading
94
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3.2 Weathering
Regolith,
Scree,
Weathering
72
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3.3 Slope processes
Mass movement definition,
When does slope failure occur,
Carson kirby diagram
98
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3.4 The human impact
How human activity can cause slop...,
Pinning,
Netting
10
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Case study: Hong Kong
Hong kong intro,
Hong kong climate geology topography,
Hong kong mass movement management
5
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8.1 Coastal processes
Coast definition,
Zones of coastal zone 4,
Onshore classification
149
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8.2 Characteristics and formation of coastal landforms
Factors that affect cliff profiles,
Influence of bedding and jointing...,
Rate of erosion of granite
119
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8.3 Coral reefs
What are coral and what are their...,
Coral structure diagram,
What is a coral reef
30
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8.4 Sustainable management of coasts
Coastal management definition,
Sustainable management,
Assessment criteria for sustainab...
11
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Case Study: Sediment cell 2A
0
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9.1 Hazards resulting from tectonic processes
Earthquake definition,
Fault definition,
Why do earthquakes occur 7
115
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9.2 Hazards resulting from mass movements
Mass m,
Hazardous impacts of different ma...,
Label this mass movement
30
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9.3 Hazards resulting from atmospheric disturbances
Tropical cyclone characteristics 2,
Tropical cyclone definition,
Tropical cyclone pressure signifi...
65
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9.4 Sustainable management in hazardous environments
Tectonic hazards in the philipines,
Atmospheric hazards in the philip...,
Poverty lack of development affec...
11
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