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EARTHQUAKES

MANTLE

CONSTRUCTIVE BOUNDARY

VOLCANOES

DESTRUCTIVE BOUNDARY

EPICENTRE

CONVECTION CURRENTS

CONSERVATIVE BOUNDARY

RICHTER SCALE

FOCUS

COLLISION

FARMING

EPICENTRE

ANDES

MINING

POOR COMMUNICATIONS

SOUTH AMERICA

TERRACES

TOURISMGOLD

DESTRUCTIVE

PRESSURE

NAZCA

SINK

SUBDUCTION

CONTINENTAL

SOUTH AMERICAN

OCEAN TRENCH

OCEANICDENSER

6,434 DIED

30 000 HOMELESS

FIRE

DESTRUCTIVE PLATE

BOUNDARY

7.2 MAGNITUDE

ROADS COLLAPSED

KOBE

$220 BILLION

SUBDUCTION ZONE

17 JANUARY 1995

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

BLUE LAGOON

OLIVES AND GRAPES

LAVA DIVERSION CHANNELS

MOUNT ETNA

ICELAND

GOLD MINING

SAN ANDREAS FAULT

VINEYARDS

FERTILE SOILS

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

1000

HOT SPOT

TOURISM

CALDERA

YELLOWSTONE

VOLCANIC WINTER

GLOBAL

SUPER - VOLCANO

CROPS

SHIELD

THIN

COMPOSITE

RUNNY

CONSTRUCTIVE

STEEP

DESTRUCTIVE

THICK

GENTLE

VIOLENT

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DISCHARGE

GRADIENT

WIDTH

DEPTH

SOURCE

MOUTH

MIDDLE COURSE

VELOCITY

V SHAPE VALLEY

U SHAPE

U SHAPE

SOURCE

MEANDERS

INTERLOCKING SPURS

WATERFALLS

DELTA’S

OXBOW LAKES

FLOOD-PLAINS

LEVEES

V- SHAPE

WATERFALLS

HARD CAP ROCK

UNDER-CUTTING

ABRASION

PLUNGE POOL

HYDRAULIC ACTION

SOFT ROCK

EROSION

GORGE

UPPER COURSE

MEANDERS

RIVER CLIFF

INSIDE BEND

FASTEST

SLIP OFF SLOPE

DEPOSITION

SOFT ROCK

LATERAL EROSION

OUTSIDE BEND

MIDDLE COURSE

FLOODING

SNOW MELT

IMPERMEABLE ROCK

RAINFALL INTENSITY

SATURATED GROUND

URBANISATION

HYDROGRAPH

STEEP VALLEY SLOPES

DEFORESTATION

LAG TIME

HARD ENGINEERING

SOFT ENGINEERING

EMBANKMENTS

FLOOD RELIEF

CHANNELS

CHANNEL-ISATION

MISSISSIPPI

FLOOD WARNING SYSTEMS

FLOODPLAIN ZONING

DAMS

3 GORGES DAM

2004

EMBANKMENTS

ROADS AND RAILWAYS

BANGLADESH

INTERNAL AID

GANGES

300 MILLION HOMELESS

CROPS DESTROYED

HIMILAYAS

MONSOON

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CONSTRUCTIVE WAVES

DESTRUCTIVE WAVES

FREEZE THAW

SUB-AERIAL EROSION

MASS MOVEMENT

CLIFFS

WAVE-CUT PLATFORM

CLIFF RETREAT

HYDRAULIC ACTION

ATTRITION

HEADLAND

BAYS

CAVES

ARCHES

LONGSHORE DRIFT

PREVAILING WIND

DIRECTION

BAR

CHESIL BEACH

SPIT

STUMPS

SWASH

BACKWASH

CORROSION

CORRASION

SLUMPING

SOIL CREEP

WAVE-CUT NOTCH

BEACH

FAULT

COLLAPSED ARCH

FETCH

CLIFF RECESSION

SHORELINE MANAGEMENT

PLAN

WELL-JOINTED

ROCK

HOLD THE LINE

HAPPISBURGH

£4 MILLION FOR 500M

BEACH ROAD

REVETMENT

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