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Physical geography
United States natural resources conservation servi
Geography; Physical geography
A hierarchical system that is used in United States to classify soils. This system has six levels: order, suborder, great group, subgroup, family, and series. At the order level, 12 types of soils ...
Circle of illumination
Geography; Physical geography
A line that bisects areas on the Earth receiving sunlight and those areas in darkness. Cuts the spherical Earth into lighted and dark halves.
Cinder cone volcano
Geography; Physical geography
A small volcano, between 100 and 400 metres tall, made up of exploded rock blasted out of a central vent at a high velocity. These volcanoes develop from magma of basaltic to intermediate ...
Chromosome
Geography; Physical geography
Organic structure that carries an organism's genetic code (DNA).
Chloroplast
Geography; Physical geography
Organelle in a cell that contains chlorophyll and produces organic energy through photosynthesis.
Colonisation
Geography; Physical geography
Movement of individuals or propagules of a species to a new territory.
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Geography; Physical geography
Saddle like depression found between two mountain peaks. Formed when two opposing cirque glaciers back erode an arête.
