BRANCHES OF GEOGRAPHY (BASED ON SYSTEMATIC APPROACH) 1. Physical Geography (i) Geomorphology Is devoted to the study of landforms‚ their evolution and related processes. (ii) Climatology Encompasses the study of structure of atmosphere and elements of weather and climates and climatic types and regions. (iii) Hydrology Studies the realm of water over the surface of the earth including oceans‚ lakes‚ rivers and other water bodies and its effect on different life forms including human life
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Year 9 Geography Exam Revision Pack When is the exam? 1st February What will you be examined on? WILD WEATHER: 1) Tropical storms 2) Floods 3) Droughts 1) Tropical storms / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Cyclone (all the same event) The strongest tropical storms are called hurricanes‚ typhoons or tropical cyclones. The different names all mean the same thing‚ but are used in different parts of the world. If these huge storms start in the Atlantic‚ off the west coast of Africa
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October 24‚ 2012 “Explain how the Holocaust affected Jews living in Europe.” The Holocaust was one of the most disturbing and petrifying eras of all time. The holocaust‚ one of the most famous genocides in the world‚ has showed the world what the evils of man can do to mankind. It was the genocide that killed approximately six million Jews and millions of others in a state-sponsored murder by Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. In a book review of “The Holocaust” by Gilbert Martin‚ Martin says
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In recent years‚ the way people perceive others has been increasingly affected by appearance. Individuals may face future consequences because of the decision to get a tattoo or piercing. Although a tattoo may be regarded as art to one individual‚ it could be seen as a thoughtless mistake to someone else. The problem is that many people judge others before getting to know them on a deeper level. In this decade‚ appearance means everything; it can affect a person’s job security‚ personal treatment
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that defended slavery. Slavery was a real big thing and the white man who didn’t defend slavery were know as traders and they may have been injured by others that believed in slavery. There are many ways on how slavery affected slaves‚ and how it affected the slaveholders‚ and finally how slavery brought light on all of this in total. It was real hard for slaves and Douglass had
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The negatives of the industrialization mainly affected the workers.The life span dropped by 30 years.The workers had very bad living conditions the shelters they lived in were dirty and there were few laws that prevented this from happening.The working conditions
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With reference to specific geographic regions critically discuss the legacy of colonialism for LDCs Colonialism in the dictionary of geography (Clark‚ 2003) has four definitions‚ two of which really jumped out to me‚ “the economic‚ political and social policies by which colonies are governed by the sovereign Metropolitan country (the colonial power)‚ usually based on the maintenance of a marked distinction between the governing country and the subordinate (colonial) population.” As well as “in
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The study of universe is known as Cosmology. Total universe is commonly defined as the totality of everything that exists including all physical matter and energy‚ the planets‚ stars‚ galaxies and the contents of intergalactic space. Galaxy: A galaxy is a vest system of billions of stars‚ dust and light gases bound by their own gravity. There are 100 billion galaxies in the universe and each galaxy has‚ an average‚ 100 billions stars. (1022 stars) Our galaxy is Milky Way Galaxy (or the Akash Ganga)
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How Children are affected by the Media Michelle Krueger ENG/101 11/11/2012 Rosemary Cummings [The first sentence is very important—no matter how impressive the information or discoveries in the rest of
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A NEW LOOK AT THE FOUR TRADITIONS OF GEOGRAPHY J. Lewis Robinson In the May 1964 issue of the JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY‚ William D. Pattison presented a brief and excellent statement concerning the main themes in geography.1 His four traditions article has been quoted widely since then‚ and it has helped to reduce the problem of defining the broad scope of the discipline in one or two sentences which would be acceptable to and understood by the public‚ teachers‚ and professional
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