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A

accordant stream

actual evapotranspiration

afrotropical realm

air mass trajectory and temperature

annual or seasonal temperature lag

Antarctic realm

antecedent stream

atmospheric counter-radiation

australian realm

autumnal equinox

available water

average sea-level pressure

B

bar and swale topography

biogeographical realm

boreal forest (Northern Forest)

braided channel

brittle failure

broadleaf evergreen forest

burial metamorphism

C

capillary water

carbonate

centripetal drainage pattern

change in soil moisture storage

change in soil moisture storage

chemical weathering

chemically precipitated sedimentary rock

circumpolar vortex

clastic sedimentary rock

cold ocean current

compressional wave

condensation nuclei

contact metamorphism

continental drift

continuum of geography

convergent boundary

Coriolis effect

cross-sectional area

D

daily temperature lag

Davisian Cycle of Erosion

dendritic drainage pattern

depression storage

depression storage

deranged drainage pattern

desertification

diffuse Shortwave radiation

direct shortwave radiation

directed pressure

discordant stream

drainage divide

dry Adiabatic Rate

dynamic equilibrium

dynamic equilibrium theory

dynamothermal metamorphism

E

earth revolution

elastic deformation

endogenic force

endogenic process

environmental lapse rate

equilibrium line

evapotranspiration

evapotranspiration

Exogenic process

F

First law of thermodynamics

first order relief feature

foliated metamorphic rock

G

Geographic Inquiry

Granular structure

Grassland biome

Ground heat transfer

groundwater flow rate

groundwater flow rate

groundwater zone

H

Human Geography

hydraulic gradient

hydraulic gradient

Hydrologic cycle

hydrologic cycle

hygroscopic water

I

Indomalayan realm

interlobate moraine

intermittent stream

internal deformation

Intertropical convergence zone

Inverted lapse rate of temperature (Inversion)

Inverted lapse rate of temperature (Inversion)

Isolated system

J

K

knickpoint

L

Land/Sea breeze

land/sea contrasts

latent heat transfer

lateral moraine

lithostatic pressure

longitudinal profile (stream)

longwave radiation

M

magnetic reversal

mantle convection currents

mature stage (stream)

mature stage (thunderstorm)

material addition

material removal

material transformation

material translocation

meandering channel

Mediterranean Sclerophyllus Woodland

metamorphic rock

Midlatitude Broadleaf Deciduous and Mixed Forest

Midlatitude savanna (Parkland)

Mountain/Valley wind

N

negative feedback

Neotropical realm

net biomass productivity

net shortwave radiation

nonfoliated metamorphic rock

Northeast tradewinds

Northern Coniferous forest

O

old age stage (stream)

open forest

overturned fold

oxide

P

Palaearctic realm

parallel drainage pattern

Parent material

perennial stream

Physical Geography

Physical weathering

plant succession

plastic deformation

plate boundary zone

plate tectonics

Platy structure

Polar easterlies

polished bedrock

Positive feedback

Potential Energy

potential evapotranspiration

potential evapotranspiration

Pressure gradient

primary producer

Principal Gases

Principal Gases

Q

R

radial drainage pattern

rain splash erosion

recessional limb (hydrograph)

recessional moraine

rectangular drainage pattern

regional metamorphism

Relative humidity

rising limb (hydrograph)

S

saturated adiabatic rate

Saturation vapor pressure

sea-floor spreading

Second law of thermodynamics

second order relief feature

sedimentary rock

selective absorber

Sensible heat transfer

Shortwave radiation

sinuosity ratio

Soil forming factors

soil moisture recharge

soil moisture recharge

soil moisture storage

soil moisture storage

soil moisture utilization

soil moisture utilization

solution (dissolved) load

spatial science

specific humidity

spreading boundary

staircase lakes

steady-state equilibrium

steppe grassland

straight channel

stratified drift

stream (channel) slope ( gradient)

stream deposition

stream discharge

stream discharge

stream gradation

stream hydrograph

stream hydrograph

stream transportation

strike slip fault

subduction zone

subpolar low pressure

Subtropical high pressure

sulfide

Summer Solstice

superimposed stream

symmetrical fold

T

tectonic plates

Temperate rain forest (Marine west coast forest)

terminal moraine

terrestrial longwave radiation

third order relief feature

Thorntree and tropical scrub

transform boundary

transform fault

transpiration - atmospheric moisture

transpiration - water balance

transpiration - biogeography

trellis drainage pattern

tributary stream

Tropical Monsoon/Seasonal Forest and Scrub

Tropical rain forest

Tropical savanna

U

unconfined flow

upper-level easterlies

upper-level westerlies

urban heat island

V

W

warm ocean current

wetted perimeter

wildlife corridors

Winter Solstice

X

Y

youthful stage (stream)

Z

zone of ablation

zone of accumulation

zone of aeration

zone of saturation

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Michael Ritter (tpeauthor@mac.com)
Last revised 11/12/18

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