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Food chain

Geography; Physical geography

Movement of energy through the trophic levels of organisms. In most ecosystems, this process begins with photosynthetic autotrophs (plants) and ends with carnivores and detritivores.

Foliation

Geography; Physical geography

Process where once randomly distributed platy minerals in a rock become reoriented, because of metamorphism, in a parallel manner.

Foliar leaching

Geography; Physical geography

Process in which water from precipitation removes plant nutrients from the surface of leaves.

Is a type of fog that is associated with weather fronts, particularly warm fronts. This type of fog develops when frontal precipitation falling into the colder air ahead of the warm front causes the ...