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GEOGRAPHY

KEY STAGE 3

CLIMATE

The average weather conditions of an area

over a long period of time.Northern Ireland’s climate

varies from place to place and season to season.

PRECIPITATION

Water in any form which falls to the earth.

It includes rain, hail, sleet or snow.

Precipitation is recorded using a rain gauge.

WATERFALLS

A sudden fall of water over a steep slope.

The tallest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls.

Angel Falls

Venezuela

WORD OF THE WEEK

GEOGRAPHY

KEY STAGE 4

COASTAL EROSION

The wearing away and removal of land by the sea.

Newcastle, Co Down is experiencing intense coastal erosion.

Transnational corporations -large companies with offices

and factories across the world.

Nike is an example of a TNC

Transnational Corporations - TNC

Factories where people have to work long hours for very little

money.

Poor LEDC countries tend to operate sweatshops.

Volcanic Plug

Slemish Mountain

A land form made from the hardened vent material from inside a volcano

exposed after erosion.Slemish Mountain is an example of

a volcanic plug.A flat, wide surface that is

formed when lava comes out of the ground and spreads quickly.

Lava Plateau

Outside Belfast, from Cave Hill to Divis Mountain, is the visible

edge of a lava plateau.

Aged dependency

Aged dependency

The proportion of people aged 65 or over in a population.

Northern Ireland has anincreasing proportion of aged dependants in our

community.

‘Green tourism’ – a sustainable form of tourism

Ecotourism protects the environment and local way of life

Ecotourism

Trekking in the Andes

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Hurricanes

Severe storm events that are intense low pressure systems that

have their origins in the tropics.Hurricanes will only develop where

sea temperatures exceed 26°c to a depth of 60m.

Urban Development Corporations (UDC)

Corporations that improve basic infrastructure of inner cities to enable

them to attract private investment.During the 1980’s and 1990’s

Merseyside Development Corporation improved Liverpool’s dockland area.

Titanic Quarter Belfast

Liverpool Docks

Oxisol

The term for the zonal soil found under tropical conditions.

Oxisols in the Rainforest have a distinct red colour.

Integrated Transport Network

A co-ordinated approach to managing several forms of transport.

Dublin’s integrated transport policies have increased flexibility and efficiency

of public transport in the city.