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Glaciation

Geography; Geography

Having been covered with a glacier or subject to glacial epochs.

Maritime climate

Geography; Geography

A climate strongly influenced by an oceanic environment, found on islands and the windward shores of continents. It is characterised by small daily and yearly temperature ranges and high relative ...

Metes and bounds

Geography; Geography

A system of land survey that defines land parcels according to visible natural landscape features and distance. The resultant field pattern is usually very irregular in shape.

A zone in the Earth's interior between the crust and the core that is 2,900 kilometres (1,800 mi) thick. The lithosphere is composed of the topmost 65-70 kilometres (39–42 miles) of the mantle and ...

Magma

Geography; Geography

Molten rock containing liquids, crystals, and dissolved gases that forms within the upper part of the Earth's mantle and crust. When erupted onto the Earth's surface, it is called lava.