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Fundamental niche
Geography; Physical geography
Describes the total range of environmental conditions that are suitable for a species existence without the effects of interspecific competition and predation from other species.
Frost wedging
Geography; Physical geography
A process of physical weathering in which water freezes in a crack and exerts force on the rock causing further rupture.
Frost point
Geography; Physical geography
Is the temperature at which water vapour saturates from an air mass into solid usually forming snow or frost. Frost point normally occurs when a mass of air has a relative humidity of 100%.
Fold
Geography; Physical geography
Wavelike layers in rock strata that are the result of compression.
Fluid drag
Geography; Physical geography
Reduction in the flow velocity of a fluid by the frictional effects of a surface.
Flood tide
Geography; Physical geography
Time during the tidal period when the tide is rising. Compare with ebb tide.
