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Vertisols
Geography; Physical geography
(1) Soil order (type) of the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Classification System. Tropical or sub-tropical soil that has a high clay and base cation status. (2) Soil order ...
Variance
Geography; Physical geography
A statistical measure of the dispersion of observation values in a data set. The variance of a sample is the sum of the square of each value in the data set subtracted from the mean divided by one ...
Vascular plant
Geography; Physical geography
Plant that has vascular tissues to transport water, nutrients, and other metabolic products.
Vapour pressure
Geography; Physical geography
Pressure exerted by water vapour molecules in a given quantity of atmosphere.
Valley breeze
Geography; Physical geography
Local thermal circulation pattern found in areas of topographic relief. In this circulation system, surface winds blow from the valley bottom to areas of higher elevation during the daytime.
Valley fog
Geography; Physical geography
Fog formed by the movement of cooler, more dense air from higher elevations to the warm valley bottom.
Valley train
Geography; Physical geography
A linear accumulation of glaciofluvial outwash sediments found in a once glaciated valley.
