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Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...
Also narrow. A land or water passage that is confined or restricted by its narrow breadth, often a strait or a water gap. nation A stable community of people formed on the basis of a common geographic territory, language, economy, ethnicity, or psychological make-up as manifested in a common culture. national mapping agency A governmental agency which manages, produces, and publishes ...
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (abbreviated TGN) is a product of the J. Paul Getty Trust included in the Getty Vocabulary Program. The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities (e.g., cities, nations) and physical features (e.g., mountains, rivers).
Mountain range – Geographic area containing several geologically related mountains; Nunatak – Landform within an ice field or glacier; Proglacial lake – Lake formed by the action of ice; Pyramidal peak, also known as Glacial horn – Angular, sharply pointed mountainous peak; Outwash fan – Type of sediment deposition by a melting glacier
Glossary of geography terms may refer to: Glossary of geography terms (A–M) Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) This page was last edited on 25 ...
As a way of describing spatial areas, the concept of regions is important and widely used among the many branches of geography, each of which can describe areas in regional terms. For example, ecoregion is a term used in environmental geography, cultural region in cultural geography, bioregion in biogeography, and so on.
The rock native to an area, as opposed to rock that formed elsewhere and was later transported to the area. craton An old and stable part of the continental crust that has survived the merging and splitting of continents and supercontinents for at least 500 million years. cross-bedding An inclined sedimentary structure in a horizontal unit of rock.
This category is for specific geographical areas or regions that are delineated by natural features such as meadows, deserts, etc. Any geographical regions that are political regions in nature, e.g. of a country or other political unit, would go in Category:Geographical regions