Geography Glossary

2. Is the process where water changes from a gaseous state to a liquid state.
5. The average types of weather, including seasonal variations, experienced by a place over a long period of time.
6. An area characterised by sloping topography (landscape) that drains surface water into rivers, streams, lakes or oceans.
7. River A major river of South Asia, that begins in glaciers in the Himalayas.
9. basin An underground basin that stores ground water within porous rock, similar to aquifers.
10. Is the area where land meets the sea or ocean.
11. water Fresh water rivers, lakes, dams and aquifers.
12. rainfall Rainfall caused by warm moist air being uplifted due to heat, water vapour then condenses and falls as rain.

1. value The value of something because of its beauty; aesthetic value relates to appreciation of something through our senses.
2. climate Areas inland with consistent climates that are influenced by a lack of proximity to large bodies of water.
3. A porous deposit of rock that acts as a filter to store groundwater that is accessible through the drilling of wells.
4. bore A human-made device to produce a well from an artesian basin/aquifer.
7. Something produced or left over in the process of making something.
8. Receiving less than 250 mm or precipitation per year.
9. or mean The result of adding up all numbers in a set then dividing the total by the amount of numbers.
13. value Culture relates to how a society or people express their key beliefs and values in music, art, their thinking and behaviours. Cultural value relates to the importance of cultural activities.