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    A Geographic Vocabulary
    A Geographic Vocabulary
    A Geographic Vocabulary
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    A Geographic Vocabulary

    By Alan Shrake

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    After earning my master's degree from UCLA in 1991, I then decided to compile this terminology from the subdisciplines of geomorphology, hydrology, climatology, biogeography, cultural geography, and land use planning.  I hope that you find it useful.

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    PublisherAlan Shrake
    Release dateDec 6, 2018
    ISBN9781386970651
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      A Geographic Vocabulary - Alan Shrake

      Preface

      After earning my master's degree from UCLA in 1991, I then decided to compile this terminology from the subdisciplines of geomorphology, hydrology, climatology, biogeography, cultural geography, and land use planning.  I hope that you find it useful.

      A.S.

      A

      A Humid Equatorial

      A scale

      a-/sexual

      A1

      A2

      A3

      A4

      aa

      abandoned cache valley

      abandoned channel fillings

      abandoned strand lines

      abiotic

      abiotic components

      abiotic limiting factor

      ablation  

      ablation model 

      ablation moraine 

      aboriginal land issue

      aboriginal population

      above ground level

      abrasion 

      abrupt front 

      absolute extinction

      absolute fitness

      absolute humidity

      absolute location

      absolute temperature

      absorbing barriers

      abstraction 

      abundance

      abutements

      abutment 

      abutment seepage 

      abyss

      abyssal

      abyssal plain

      abyssal zone

      accent

      access points

      accessibility

      accessory cloud 

      accidental

      accordant pattern

      accordant summit 

      acculturation

      accuracy 

      acequia

      acid

      acid rain

      acid rain deposits

      acidic

      acidic lava

      acidity

      acquired permeability

      acquisition

      acre-foot 

      acropolis

      acropolis site

      action space

      active conservation storage 

      active usable storage capacity 

      active dispersal

      active dispersal mechanisms

      active layer

      active volcano 

      actual range

      actualism

      adaptation

      adaptation measures

      adaptive radiation

      adaptive zones

      adiabat

      adiabatic

      adiabatic cooling

      adiabatic heating

      adobe

      adopted trait

      advance

      advanced coast

      Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System 

      advantage

      advection

      advective fog

      advective heat transfer

      advisory 

      aeration

      aeration zone 

      aerial

      aerial dispersal

      aerobic bacteria

      aerophobia 

      aesthetics

      aestivation

      Af Tropical Rainforest

      African biogeographic province

      African Plate 

      African Rift Valley

      Afrotropic

      Afrotropical realm

      afterbay 

      age and area hypothesis

      age ratios

      age/sex distribution

      agglomerate 

      agglomeration

      aggradation

      aggregate

      aggregation

      agora

      agrarian

      agribusiness

      agricultural cultural diffusion

      agricultural cultural integration

      agricultural diversity

      agricultural ecology

      agricultural effects

      agricultural environmental perception

      agricultural innovation

      agricultural landscape

      agricultural output

      agricultural region

      agricultural revolution

      agricultural surplus

      agricultural village

      agricultural workers

      agriculture

      agro-town

      agroecological zones

      Agulhas Current

      air

      air compression

      air expansion

      air mass

      air mass analysis

      air mass stability

      air mass thunderstorm 

      air pocket 

      air pollution hot spot

      air pressure

      air quality statement (aqi) 

      air stability

      air stagnation 

      air stagnation advisory 

      air temperature

      Airborne Snow Survey Program 

      airborne snow water equivalent measurement theory  

      Airman’s Meteorological Information 

      alabaster

      Alaska Current

      albedo

      Alberta Clipper 

      albic 

      albinism

      albino

      alcove 

      Alert Flood Warning System 

      Aleutian Low 

      alfisol

      algae 

      algorithm 

      aliasing 

      alien

      alkali flat 

      alkaline

      allele

      allelic frequency

      Allen’s rule

      alleopathy

      allochthonous

      allometry

      allopatric

      allopatric speciation

      allopolyploid

      alluvial 

      alluvial bajada 

      alluvial cone 

      alluvial deposits

      alluvial escarpment

      alluvial fan 

      alluvial loess 

      alluvial plain coast

      alluvial remnant  

      alluvial scarp

      alluvial soil

      alluvial terrace

      alluvial tongue  

      alluvial veneer  

      alluvium 

      aloft 

      alpha diversity

      alpine

      alpine glacier

      alpine meadows

      alpine mudflow 

      alpine tundra

      Altaic

      alterable

      alternative fuels

      altimeter 

      altiplano

      altitude 

      altitudinal zonation

      altitudinal zone

      alto

      altocirrus

      altocumulus 

      altocumulus castellanus

      altocumulus standing lenticular 

      altostratus 

      alumino-silicic acid

      aluminum

      aluminum oxide

      alveole

      Am Tropical Monsoon

      amber

      amberat 

      ambient air quality

      amenity incentives

      amenohydrochore

      American Manufacturing Belt

      American scene

      American-African Disjunction

      Amish

      amniotic egg

      amorphogenesis

      amortization

      amphi-American distribution

      amphi-Atlantic distribution

      amphi-Pacific distribution

      amphi-tropical disjunction

      amphibian

      amplitude

      anabatic

      anabranch

      anadromous

      anaerobic

      anaerobic bacteria

      anagenesis

      analog 

      analogous structures analysis

      ananometer

      anastomatic channel 

      Anatolian Plate

      ancestor

      anchor ice 

      anchor ice dam 

      anchor site

      ancient beach lines

      ancient core dome 

      ancient fold structure

      ancient geomorphology

      ancient landforms

      ancient landscape 

      ancient placer

      ancient sediments 

      ancient shoreline 

      ancraophobia 

      andastic 

      anemochore

      anemometer 

      anemophobia 

      aneroid barometer

      aneuploidy

      angels 

      angiosperm

      angle of repose 

      angle of slope

      angular 

      angular area of sphere 

      angular blocks

      angular momentum

      angular unconformities

      angular velocity

      angulate drainage pattern

      anhydrite 

      animal

      animal domestication

      animal husbandry

      Animalia

      animism

      annexation

      annual

      annual flood

      annual march of temperatures

      annual migration

      annual population decrease

      annual population increase

      annual population in-/decrease

      annual temperature lag

      annular drainage pattern

      anomalous propagation 

      anomoly

      anorogenic

      Antarctic Current

      Antarctic land bridge

      Antarctic Plate

      Antarctic realm

      antecedent  

      antecedent boundary

      antecedent platform theory

      antecedent precipitation index (API) 

      antecedent river

      antenna 

      antenna gain 

      antenna reflector 

      anthropochore

      anthropochory

      anthropogeographic

      anthropological reserve

      anticipated convection 

      anticlinal ridge 

      anticlinal valley

      anticline  

      anticyclone

      anticyclonic

      anticyclonic rotation

      antlophobia 

      anurans

      anvil

      anvil crawler 

      anvil dome 

      anvil rollover 

      anvil zits

      Ao

      Aoo 

      apartheid

      aperiodic 

      apex 

      aphotic zone

      apogee

      apomixis

      apomorphy

      apopoly

      apparent temperature

      applied geomorphology

      approaching severe levels 

      appropriate technology

      apron

      apse

      apterous

      aquaculture

      aqualung

      aquatic

      aquatic animals

      aquatic biome

      aquatic habitat

      aquatic zones

      aqueduct

      aquiclude

      aquiculture

      aquifer

      aquifuge 

      Arabian Plate

      arable

      arachnid

      arboreal

      arborescent

      arc cloud 

      arch dam 

      archeological site

      Archeozoic

      arching

      archipelago

      architectural landscape components

      architectural patterns

      archology

      arcology

      Arcosanti

      Arctic

      Arctic air

      Arctic High

      Arctic tundra biome

      Arctic-Alpine tundra biome

      arcuate delta 

      arcuate submarine ridge

      arcus

      area

      area effect

      area forecast discussion 

      area of influence 

      area plan

      area wide hydrologic prediction system

      area-capacity curve 

      areal eruptions 

      areal extent 

      areal functional organization

      areal functional specialization

      areal interdependence

      arete

      argillic 

      arid

      Arid (B)

      arid cycle

      arid erosion cycle 

      arid geomorphic cycle

      arid landforms

      arid piedmont 

      arid region landforms

      aridic soils

      aridisol

      aridity

      aridity barrier

      aridity gradients

      arithmetic density

      ark

      arkoses 

      arroyo

      artenkreis

      arterial

      artesian basin

      artesian spring

      artesian well

      arthropod

      artificial

      artificial control 

      artificial environments

      artificial fill 

      artificial recharge

      artificial wind

      artillery action

      Aryan

      As Tropical Savanna, dry

      Aw Tropical Savanna, wet

      ascope 

      asexual 

      asexual species

      ash 

      ash cone 

      ash shower 

      Ashkenazim

      aspect

      assemblage

      assembly rules

      associations

      asthenosphere

      astraphobia 

      astrapophobia 

      astrobleme

      astronomical twilight 

      asymmetrical fold

      asymmetrical profile 

      asymmetrical valley

      asymmetry

      Athens Charter

      atmosphere

      atmospheric circulation model 

      atmospheric disturbances

      atmospheric effects

      atmospheric heating

      atmospheric pressure

      atmospheric transparency

      atoll

      atoll island

      atoll rim

      atomic bonding

      atomic town

      attenuation 

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