Geography Glossary

1. Fresh water rivers, lakes, dams and aquifers.
5. A climate zone that receives less than an average 250 mm rainfall a year. Evaporation is very high in hot deserts.
6. Is the process where water changes from a gaseous state to a liquid state.
7. A process whereby land becomes increasingly arid as a result of the diminishing of water bodies and vegetation.
8. The result of adding up all numbers in a set then dividing the total by the amount of numbers.
9. An underground basin that stores ground water within porous rock, similar to aquifers.
11. 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.
12. Something produced or left over in the process of making something.
14. Areas inland with consistent climates that are influenced by a lack of proximity to large bodies of water.
17. Water is sprayed under pressure over the crops.
19. a porous deposit of rock that acts as a filter to store groundwater that is accessible through the drilling of wells.

2. The value of something because of its beauty; aesthetic value relates to appreciation of something through our senses.
3. Rainfall caused by warm moist air being uplifted due to heat, water vapour then condenses and falls as rain.
4. An area characterised by sloping topography (landscape) that drains surface water into rivers, streams, lakes or oceans.
5. Refers to any process that removes excess salt and minerals from salty water in order to obtain potable (drinkable) fresh water.
10. Is the area where land meets the sea or ocean.
13. The average types of weather, including seasonal variations, experienced by a place over a long period of time.
15. A major river of South Asia, that begins in glaciers in the Himalayas.
16. A human-made device to produce a well from an artesian basin/aquifer.
18. Receiving less than 250 mm or precipitation per year.