The Dictionary of Physical Geography.

The Dictionary of Physical Geography -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgements -- About the Companion Website -- Introduction -- The Dictionary of Physical Geography -- A -- abiotic -- ablation -- abrasion -- abrupt climate change -- absolute age -- abstraction, of water -- abyss -- abyssal plain -- accommodation space -- accordant junctions, law of -- accordant summits -- accretion -- accumulated temperature -- accuracy -- acid deposition -- acid precipitation -- acid rain -- acid rocks -- acid susceptibility/acid neutralizing capacity -- acidity profile -- active layer -- active margin -- actualism -- adaptation -- adaptive capacity -- adhesion ripple -- adhesion warts -- adiabatic -- adsorption -- advection -- advection fog -- advective processes -- aeolation -- aeolian -- aeolianite -- aerial photography -- aerobic -- aerobiology -- aerodynamic ripples -- aerosol -- aestivation -- afforestation -- affluent -- aftershocks -- ageostrophic -- agglomerate -- aggradation -- aggregation ratio -- agonic line -- aggressivity -- agricultural drought -- agroclimatology -- agroforestry -- agrometeorology -- aiguille -- air mass -- air parcel -- air pollution -- Airy wave theory -- aklé -- alas -- albedo -- alcove -- alcrete -- alfisol -- algae -- algal bloom -- algal mat -- algal ridge, algal rim -- allelopathy -- Allen's rule -- aliens -- Allerød -- allochthonous -- allogenic stream -- allogenic succession -- allometric growth -- allopatric -- allophane -- alluvial channel -- alluvial fans -- alluvial fill -- alluvial terrace -- alluvium -- alp -- alpha diversity -- alpine -- alpine orogeny -- altiplanation -- altithermal -- altocumulus -- altostratus -- alveolar -- ambient -- amensalism.

amino acid racemization -- amphidromic point -- AMS radiocarbon dating -- anabatic flows -- anabranching -- anaclinal -- anaerobic -- ana-front -- analemna -- analogue approach -- anamolistic cycle -- anaseism -- anastomosing river -- andosols -- andromy -- anemograph -- anemometer -- angiosperms -- angle of dilation (θ) -- angle of initial yield (φi) -- angle of internal shearing resistance (phi) -- angle of plane sliding friction (phius) -- angle of repose -- angle of residual shear (φr) -- angular momentum -- angular unconformity -- annual series -- annular drainage -- Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) -- Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) -- Antarctic cold reversal (ACR) -- Antarctic Ice Sheet - east and west -- antecedent drainage -- antecedent moisture -- antecedent precipitation index -- anteconsequent stream -- Anthropocene -- anthropochore -- anthropogeomorphology -- anthrosols -- antibiosis -- anticentre -- anticline -- anticyclone -- antidune -- antiforms -- antipleion -- antipodal bulge -- antipodes -- antitrades -- antitriptic wind -- aphanitic -- aphelion -- aphotic zone -- aphytic zone -- apogee -- aposematic coloration -- applied geomorphology -- applied meteorology -- aquaculture -- aquiclude -- aquifer -- aquifuge -- aquatic macrophyte -- aquitard -- arboreal -- arches, natural -- archipelago -- arctic -- arctic-alpine flora -- arctic haze -- arctic smoke -- areic -- arena -- arenaceous -- areography -- arête -- argillaceous -- aridisols -- arkose -- armoured mud balls -- armouring -- arroyo -- artesian -- artificial recharge -- aspect -- association, plant -- asthenosphere -- astrobleme -- asymmetric valley -- asymmetrical fold -- Atlantic coastlines -- Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO) -- atmometer -- atmosphere -- atmospheric composition -- atmospheric energetics -- atmospheric instability -- atmospheric layers.

atmospheric waves -- Elastic waves -- Gravity (-inertia) waves -- Cyclone waves -- Rossby waves -- atoll -- Atterberg limits -- aufeis -- auge -- aulacogens -- aureole, metamorphic -- aurora borealis -- autecology -- autochthonous -- autocorrelation -- autogenic stream -- autogenic succession -- autotrophic -- autovariation -- avalanche -- avalanche tarns -- aven -- avulsion -- azimuth -- azoic -- azotobacter -- B -- backing wind -- backshore -- backswamp -- backwall -- backwash -- backwearing -- badlands -- bajada -- ball lightning -- bank erosion -- bank storage -- bankfull discharge -- banner cloud -- bar, nearshore -- barchan -- barchanoid ridge -- baroclinicity -- barometer -- barranca -- barrier island -- barrier reef -- barrier spit -- basal ice -- basal sapping -- basal sliding -- basalt -- base exchange -- base flow -- base level -- base saturation -- basement complex -- basic rocks -- basin-and-range -- batholith -- bathymetry -- bauxite -- beach -- beach nourishment -- beach ridge -- beach rock -- beaded drainage -- bearing capacity -- Beaufort scale -- bed roughness -- bedding plane -- bedform reconstitution -- bedforms -- bedload, bedload equation -- bedload pit trap -- bedload tracers -- bedrock -- Beer's law -- benchmark -- Benioff zone -- benthic -- berg wind -- Bergeron-Findeisen mechanism -- berghlaup -- Bergmann's rule -- bergschrund -- berm -- Bernoulli's theorem and effect -- biennial oscillation -- bifurcation ratio -- bioaccumulation -- biochar -- biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) -- biocides -- bioclastic -- bioclimatology -- biodegradation -- biodiversity -- bioerosion -- biofilm/extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) -- biofuel -- biogeochemical cycles -- biogeocoenosis -- biogeography -- biogeomorphology -- bioherm -- biokarst -- bioleaching -- biological control -- biological crust -- biological magnification.

biological productivity -- bioluminescence -- biomantle -- biomass -- biome -- biometeorology -- biosphere -- biostasy -- biota -- biotope -- bioturbation -- black box -- blanket bog -- blind valley -- blizzard -- block faulting -- block fields, block streams -- blocking -- blow-hole -- blowouts -- bluehole -- Blytt-Sernander model -- bog -- bog bursts -- bogaz -- Bølling -- bolson -- bombardment -- Bond cycles -- bora -- bore -- boreal climate -- boreal forest -- boreal (period) -- bornhardt -- boss -- botryoidal -- bottom-sets -- Bouguer anomaly -- boulder clay -- boulder train -- boulder-controlled slopes -- boundary conditions -- boundary layer -- bounding surface -- bourne -- Bowen ratio -- Bowen's reaction series -- brackish -- braided river -- brash -- Braun-Blanquet scale -- breccia -- brodel -- brousse tigrée -- Brune curve -- Brunhes-Matuyama -- brunizem -- Bruun rule -- buffer -- buffer strip -- buffering capacity -- bulk density -- bush encroachment -- bushveld -- butte -- Buys Ballot's law -- bypass flow -- C -- caatinga -- caballing -- caesium-137 (Cs137) analysis -- Cainozoic -- calcicole -- calcifuge -- calcite compensation depth -- calcite saturation index -- calcrete -- caldera -- calms -- calving -- cambering -- canopy -- capacity/non-capacity load -- capillary forces -- cap-rock -- capture (or river capture) -- carapace -- carbon cycle -- carbon dating -- carbon sequestration -- carbonate budget, of coral reefs -- carbonate compensation depth -- carbonation -- carnivore -- carrying capacity -- carse -- cascading systems -- case hardening -- cataclasis -- cataclinal -- catastrophe/catastrophism -- catchment -- catchment control -- catena -- cation exchange -- cation-exchange capacity -- cation-ratio dating -- causality -- causse -- cave -- cavern -- cavitation -- celerity -- cell circulation, beaches -- cellular automata.

Cenozoic -- cerrado -- channel capacity -- channel classification -- channel resistance -- channel storage -- channelization (or river channelization) -- chapada -- chaparral -- char -- charcoal -- chattermarks -- cheiorographic coast -- chelation -- cheluviation -- chemosphere -- chenier -- chernozem -- chert -- Chézy equation -- chine -- chinook -- chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) -- chott -- chronosequence -- chute -- circadian rhythm -- circulation index -- cirque (also corrie, cwm) -- cirrocumulus -- cirrostratus -- cirrus -- cladistics (or phylogenetic systematics) -- clast -- clastic -- clay -- clay dune -- clay-humus complex -- clay pellet -- claypan -- clay-with-flints -- clear-water erosion -- cleavage -- CLIMAP -- climate -- climate change -- climate modelling -- climate modification -- climate sensitivity parameter -- climatic classification -- climatic geomorphology -- climatic hinge -- climatic optimum -- climato-genetic geomorphology -- climatology -- climax vegetation -- climbing dune -- climogram -- cline -- clinometer -- clinosequence -- clint -- clisere -- clitter -- cloud computing -- cloud dynamics -- cloud forest -- cloud microphysics -- cloud seeding -- cloud streets -- clouds -- cluse -- cluster bedform -- CMIP -- coastal dunes -- coccoliths -- cockpit karst -- coefficient of permeability -- coefficient of variation (CV) -- coevolution -- cohesion -- col -- cold front -- cold pole -- Coleoptera -- colloid -- colluvium -- colmation -- colonization -- combe, coombe -- comfort zone -- commensalism -- comminution -- community -- compaction -- compensation flows -- competence -- competition -- complex response -- compressing flow -- compressional -- computational fluid dynamics -- conchoidal fracture -- concordant -- concordant coast -- concretion -- condensation -- conductance, specific -- cone of depression -- confined groundwater.

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