A Geographic Vocabulary
By Alan Shrake
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After earning my master's degree from UCLA in 1991, I then decided to compile this terminology from the subdisciplines of geomorphology, hydrology, climatology, biogeography, cultural geography, and land use planning. I hope that you find it useful.
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A Geographic Vocabulary - Alan Shrake
Preface
After earning my master's degree from UCLA in 1991, I then decided to compile this terminology from the subdisciplines of geomorphology, hydrology, climatology, biogeography, cultural geography, and land use planning. I hope that you find it useful.
A.S.
A
A Humid Equatorial
A scale
a-/sexual
A1
A2
A3
A4
aa
abandoned cache valley
abandoned channel fillings
abandoned strand lines
abiotic
abiotic components
abiotic limiting factor
ablation
ablation model
ablation moraine
aboriginal land issue
aboriginal population
above ground level
abrasion
abrupt front
absolute extinction
absolute fitness
absolute humidity
absolute location
absolute temperature
absorbing barriers
abstraction
abundance
abutements
abutment
abutment seepage
abyss
abyssal
abyssal plain
abyssal zone
accent
access points
accessibility
accessory cloud
accidental
accordant pattern
accordant summit
acculturation
accuracy
acequia
acid
acid rain
acid rain deposits
acidic
acidic lava
acidity
acquired permeability
acquisition
acre-foot
acropolis
acropolis site
action space
active conservation storage
active usable storage capacity
active dispersal
active dispersal mechanisms
active layer
active volcano
actual range
actualism
adaptation
adaptation measures
adaptive radiation
adaptive zones
adiabat
adiabatic
adiabatic cooling
adiabatic heating
adobe
adopted trait
advance
advanced coast
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
advantage
advection
advective fog
advective heat transfer
advisory
aeration
aeration zone
aerial
aerial dispersal
aerobic bacteria
aerophobia
aesthetics
aestivation
Af Tropical Rainforest
African biogeographic province
African Plate
African Rift Valley
Afrotropic
Afrotropical realm
afterbay
age and area hypothesis
age ratios
age/sex distribution
agglomerate
agglomeration
aggradation
aggregate
aggregation
agora
agrarian
agribusiness
agricultural cultural diffusion
agricultural cultural integration
agricultural diversity
agricultural ecology
agricultural effects
agricultural environmental perception
agricultural innovation
agricultural landscape
agricultural output
agricultural region
agricultural revolution
agricultural surplus
agricultural village
agricultural workers
agriculture
agro-town
agroecological zones
Agulhas Current
air
air compression
air expansion
air mass
air mass analysis
air mass stability
air mass thunderstorm
air pocket
air pollution hot spot
air pressure
air quality statement (aqi)
air stability
air stagnation
air stagnation advisory
air temperature
Airborne Snow Survey Program
airborne snow water equivalent measurement theory
Airman’s Meteorological Information
alabaster
Alaska Current
albedo
Alberta Clipper
albic
albinism
albino
alcove
Alert Flood Warning System
Aleutian Low
alfisol
algae
algorithm
aliasing
alien
alkali flat
alkaline
allele
allelic frequency
Allen’s rule
alleopathy
allochthonous
allometry
allopatric
allopatric speciation
allopolyploid
alluvial
alluvial bajada
alluvial cone
alluvial deposits
alluvial escarpment
alluvial fan
alluvial loess
alluvial plain coast
alluvial remnant
alluvial scarp
alluvial soil
alluvial terrace
alluvial tongue
alluvial veneer
alluvium
aloft
alpha diversity
alpine
alpine glacier
alpine meadows
alpine mudflow
alpine tundra
Altaic
alterable
alternative fuels
altimeter
altiplano
altitude
altitudinal zonation
altitudinal zone
alto
altocirrus
altocumulus
altocumulus castellanus
altocumulus standing lenticular
altostratus
alumino-silicic acid
aluminum
aluminum oxide
alveole
Am Tropical Monsoon
amber
amberat
ambient air quality
amenity incentives
amenohydrochore
American Manufacturing Belt
American scene
American-African Disjunction
Amish
amniotic egg
amorphogenesis
amortization
amphi-American distribution
amphi-Atlantic distribution
amphi-Pacific distribution
amphi-tropical disjunction
amphibian
amplitude
anabatic
anabranch
anadromous
anaerobic
anaerobic bacteria
anagenesis
analog
analogous structures analysis
ananometer
anastomatic channel
Anatolian Plate
ancestor
anchor ice
anchor ice dam
anchor site
ancient beach lines
ancient core dome
ancient fold structure
ancient geomorphology
ancient landforms
ancient landscape
ancient placer
ancient sediments
ancient shoreline
ancraophobia
andastic
anemochore
anemometer
anemophobia
aneroid barometer
aneuploidy
angels
angiosperm
angle of repose
angle of slope
angular
angular area of sphere
angular blocks
angular momentum
angular unconformities
angular velocity
angulate drainage pattern
anhydrite
animal
animal domestication
animal husbandry
Animalia
animism
annexation
annual
annual flood
annual march of temperatures
annual migration
annual population decrease
annual population increase
annual population in-/decrease
annual temperature lag
annular drainage pattern
anomalous propagation
anomoly
anorogenic
Antarctic Current
Antarctic land bridge
Antarctic Plate
Antarctic realm
antecedent
antecedent boundary
antecedent platform theory
antecedent precipitation index (API)
antecedent river
antenna
antenna gain
antenna reflector
anthropochore
anthropochory
anthropogeographic
anthropological reserve
anticipated convection
anticlinal ridge
anticlinal valley
anticline
anticyclone
anticyclonic
anticyclonic rotation
antlophobia
anurans
anvil
anvil crawler
anvil dome
anvil rollover
anvil zits
Ao
Aoo
apartheid
aperiodic
apex
aphotic zone
apogee
apomixis
apomorphy
apopoly
apparent temperature
applied geomorphology
approaching severe levels
appropriate technology
apron
apse
apterous
aquaculture
aqualung
aquatic
aquatic animals
aquatic biome
aquatic habitat
aquatic zones
aqueduct
aquiclude
aquiculture
aquifer
aquifuge
Arabian Plate
arable
arachnid
arboreal
arborescent
arc cloud
arch dam
archeological site
Archeozoic
arching
archipelago
architectural landscape components
architectural patterns
archology
arcology
Arcosanti
Arctic
Arctic air
Arctic High
Arctic tundra biome
Arctic-Alpine tundra biome
arcuate delta
arcuate submarine ridge
arcus
area
area effect
area forecast discussion
area of influence
area plan
area wide hydrologic prediction system
area-capacity curve
areal eruptions
areal extent
areal functional organization
areal functional specialization
areal interdependence
arete
argillic
arid
Arid (B)
arid cycle
arid erosion cycle
arid geomorphic cycle
arid landforms
arid piedmont
arid region landforms
aridic soils
aridisol
aridity
aridity barrier
aridity gradients
arithmetic density
ark
arkoses
arroyo
artenkreis
arterial
artesian basin
artesian spring
artesian well
arthropod
artificial
artificial control
artificial environments
artificial fill
artificial recharge
artificial wind
artillery action
Aryan
As Tropical Savanna, dry
Aw Tropical Savanna, wet
ascope
asexual
asexual species
ash
ash cone
ash shower
Ashkenazim
aspect
assemblage
assembly rules
associations
asthenosphere
astraphobia
astrapophobia
astrobleme
astronomical twilight
asymmetrical fold
asymmetrical profile
asymmetrical valley
asymmetry
Athens Charter
atmosphere
atmospheric circulation model
atmospheric disturbances
atmospheric effects
atmospheric heating
atmospheric pressure
atmospheric transparency
atoll
atoll island
atoll rim
atomic bonding
atomic town
attenuation