Geekiest Geography

3. A service is any intangible (something that cannot be touched) act provided by another person, for example tourism or doctor’s services.
7. A porous deposit of rock that acts as a filter to store groundwater that is accessible through the drilling of wells.
9. Water is sprayed under pressure over the crops.
10. Small amounts of water are allowed to drip from pipes and are positioned, along, above or beneath rows of crops.
11. The economic cost is the cost of choosing one alternative over another.
12. The religious value of something, or its importance to your spiritual/religious/cultural beliefs.
14. The value of something because of its beauty; aesthetic value relates to appreciation of something through our senses.
16. The day to day climatic conditions.
18. Receiving less than 250 mm or precipitation per year.
19. Height of the surface of the Earth above sea level.
20. A climate with warm to hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Rainfall averages around 450 mm mostly falling in winter.
21. A major river in Bangladesh.

1. The process where water soaks into the soil and underlying rock layers.
2. Commonly accepted unit of measure assigned to things of value.
4. The wearing away of the land and rock by wind, water or ice.
5. The interior of a country or region.
6. The limited availability of water.
8. Coastal regions where the effects of the ocean influence rainfall and temperatures and are characterised by low but consistent rainfall throughout the year.
9. A world view that informs ways of achieving sustainability. Ethical stewardship supports the careful management of environmental resources for the benefit of present and future generations. Stewards do not own resources, they manage them.
13. A climate zone with very low rainfall between 250 mm to 500 mm per year that is characterised by large grassy plains, small bushes and shrubs and large temperature differentials between day and night.
14. An underground basin that stores ground water within porous rock, similar to aquifers.
15. Changes or variations in patterns, such as precipitation patterns in weather and climate.
17. Eroded soil particles carried by rivers.