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  2. Geographic mobility - Wikipedia

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    Research has shown that overall the presence of social insurance does not have a strong effect on the rate of personal movement because while it lowers relative movement costs, it also increases the opportunity costs of movement. [10] Current international laws present challenges to ideal geographic mobility.

  3. Intermediate Region - Wikipedia

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    The Intermediate Region is an established geopolitical model set forth in the 1970s by the Greek historian Dimitri Kitsikis, professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada. [1] According to this model, the Eurasian continent is composed of three regions; in addition to Western Europe and the Far East , a third region called the "Intermediate ...

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

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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 ...

  5. Step migration - Wikipedia

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    Step migration is deemed an increasingly popular migration pattern among students and workers and as part of a wider circulatory transnational migratory movement. [9] Stepwise migration is seen to be relevant as a partial contributor to the increase of international migration and as impacting international labour migration which in turn impacts ...

  6. Human migration - Wikipedia

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    Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, [1] with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region). The movement often occurs over long distances and from one country to another (external migration), but internal migration (within a single country) is the dominant form of human migration globally.

  7. Glossary of geology - Wikipedia

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    Also called Indianite. A mineral from the lime-rich end of the plagioclase group of minerals. Anorthites are usually silicates of calcium and aluminium occurring in some basic igneous rocks, typically those produced by the contact metamorphism of impure calcareous sediments. anticline An arched fold in which the layers usually dip away from the fold axis. Contrast syncline. aphanic Having the ...

  8. Five themes of geography - Wikipedia

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    The five themes were published in 1984 [1] and widely adopted by teachers, textbook publishers, and curriculum designers in the United States. [2] Most American geography and social studies classrooms have adopted the five themes in teaching practices, [3] as they provide "an alternative to the detrimental, but unfortunately persistent, habit ...

  9. Glossary of geography terms (N–Z) - Wikipedia

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    2. (of a vessel) In a navigable condition; steerable; seaworthy or roadworthy. navigation 1. The determination of position and direction, generally by comparing the navigator's position to known locations or patterns. 2. The process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a vehicle or craft from one place to another. neap tide