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  2. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    culture hearth The area from which the culture of a group diffused. See also hearth. [2] culvert A tunnel or conduit that channels water through or beneath an obstacle (e.g. through a man-made crossing of a ravine that would otherwise block the natural flow of water), or any artificially buried watercourse. curvimeter See opisometer. cusp

  3. Hearth - Wikipedia

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    Hearth with cooking utensils. A hearth (/ h ɑːr θ /) is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos (a low, partial wall behind a hearth), fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

  4. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Aeolian landform – Landforms produced by action of the winds include: . Dry lake – Area that contained a standing surface water body; Sandhill – Type of ecological community or xeric wildfire-maintained ecosystem

  5. Distance decay - Wikipedia

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    Distance decay is a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. [1] The distance decay effect states that the interaction between two locales declines as the distance between them increases.

  6. Forge - Wikipedia

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    A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to the point at which work hardening no longer occurs.

  7. Physical geography - Wikipedia

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    Coastal geography is the study of the dynamic interface between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, geology, and oceanography) and the human geography of the coast.

  8. Feature (archaeology) - Wikipedia

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    A photographer taking a record shot of a horse burial in a Roman ditch re-cut. A re-cut is a type of feature. In archaeological excavation, a feature is a collection of one or more contexts representing some human non-portable activity, such as a hearth or wall. [1]

  9. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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    Hearth—The floor of a fireplace. The part of a hearth which projects into a room may be called the front or outer hearth. [21] Hearthstone—A large stone or other materials used as the hearth material. Insert—The fireplace insert is a device inserted into an existing masonry or prefabricated wood fireplace. [22]