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Celsius scale

Geography; Physical geography

Scale for measuring temperature. In this scale, water boils at 100° and freezes at 0°.

Brackish

Geography; Physical geography

Environment that is influenced by seawater with a salinity less than 35 parts per thousand (usually caused by the presence of an inflow of fresh water).

Bottomset bed

Geography; Physical geography

Horizontal deltaic deposit of alluvial sediment composed of fine silt and clay.

Boreal forest

Geography; Physical geography

High to mid-latitude biome dominated by coniferous forest. Predominant vegetation of this biome is various species of spruce, fir, pine, and cedars. Also called Taiga.

Cation exchange

Geography; Physical geography

Chemical trading of cations between the soil minerals and organic matter with the soil solution and plant roots.

This is a system where we are primarily interested in the flow of energy and/or matter from one element to another and understand the processes that cause this movement. In a cascading system, we do ...