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Tropical continental air masses (cT)
Geography; Physical geography
Form a wide range of land air quality over the low latitudes. In North America, these systems form in the United States Southwest and Mexico North. Continental tropical air masses are warm and dry ...
rectangular coordinate system
Geography; Physical geography
The system measures the location of points on the Earth on a two-dimensional coordinate plane. See The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Grid System.
soil moisture recharge
Geography; Physical geography
The process of water filling the pore space found in a soil (storage).
till plain
Geography; Physical geography
Extensive flat plain of till that forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of the glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carried.
flood control
Geography; Physical geography
measures used to reduce the frequency and the magnitude of flooding. Two approaches: Hard engineering projects which build up banks, straighten and deepen channels, divert channels, build overflow ...