19 Terms
Contributors in Geography
Geography
Hydrosphere
Geography; Geography
The water that covers 71 percent of the Earth's surface as oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams. The hydrosphere also includes ground water, water that circulates below the Earth's surface in the upper ...
Inertia costs of location
Geography; Geography
Costs borne by an activity because it remains located at its original site, even though the distributions of supply and demand have changed.
International date line
Geography; Geography
A line of longitude generally 180 degrees east and west of the prime meridian. The date is one day earlier to the east of the line.
Hydroponics
Geography; Geography
The growing of plants, especially vegetables, in water containing essential mineral nutrients rather than in soil.
