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Depositional landform

Geography; Physical geography

Is a landform formed from the deposition of weathered and eroded surface materials. On occasion, these deposits can be compressed, altered by pressure, heat and chemical processes to become ...

Deposition nuclei

Geography; Physical geography

Six-sided microscopic particle that allows for deposition of water as ice crystals in the atmosphere. Nucleus for the formation of snowflakes. Deposition normally occurs on these particles when ...

The setting of time so it is one hour ahead starting in the spring and one hour back beginning in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere. In Canada and the United States the dates for these events is ...

Day length

Geography; Physical geography

Period of time for a location on the Earth when insolation from the Sun is being received.

Cytoplasm

Geography; Physical geography

All of the protoplasm in a cell except for what is contained in the nucleus.

Cumulus cloud

Geography; Physical geography

Puffy clouds with relatively flat bases. Cumulus clouds form when moist warm air bubbles vertically escape from the Earth's surface. Found in an altitude range from 300 to 2,000 meters.

Cretaceous

Geography; Physical geography

Geologic period that occurred roughly 65 to 144 million years ago. During this period, the first flowering plant species appear and dinosaurs are at their greatest diversity. Dinosaurs die out at the ...