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Grazing food chain

Geography; Physical geography

Model describing the trophic flow of organic energy in a community or ecosystem.

Is the process where any body of mass found in the universe attracts other bodies with a force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the distance that separates ...

Graupel

Geography; Physical geography

A type of precipitation that consists of a snow crystal and a raindrop frozen together. Also called snow pellets.

Gross sediment transport

Geography; Physical geography

The total amount of sediment transported along a shoreline in a specific time period.

Gross primary productivity

Geography; Physical geography

Total amount of chemical energy fixed by the processes of photosynthesis.

Gross secondary productivity

Geography; Physical geography

Total amount of chemical energy assimilated by consumer organisms.

Gradient wind

Geography; Physical geography

Horizontal wind in the upper atmosphere that moves parallel to curved isobars. Results from a balance between pressure gradient force, Coriolis force, and centripetal force.