GCSE Geography Eduqas - Key Word

The movement of water from the soil into the bedrock

A measure of the impact on the natural environment a person’s lifestyle has.

An area of land that is drained by the river and its tributaries

A low pressure system in the atmosphere associated with unsettled weather, wind and rain. 

Country which has a high proportion of people over 65 years

People who move to another country in search of work. 

When a society has enough water to ensure that everyone has clean water, sanitation and good health.

Those jobs and businesses that are not regulated by the state. Workers generally do not pay income tax.

Jobs that are created within a business eg: direct employment is created for baggage handlers if a new airport is built.

Air pushes down and generally causes clear skies and light winds

The breakdown of rocks due to water entering cracks and repeatedly freezing and thawing 

A region within which an urban area provides an important economic and social influence.

Countries, such as India, which have a growing middle class, a strong manufacturing sector and rapid urban growth.

A strip of habitat that allows wild animals to move from one ecosystem to another

A part of the countryside that is designated for conservation due to its natural beauty

A hollow tunnel formed when the outside of lava flow cools and solidifies and the molten material passes through

A measure of someone’s inability to cope with, or recover from, disasters. 

When a city has temperatures that are warmer than in the surrounding rural area.

The distance that food travels from where it grown or reared to where it is consumed. 

The cycle where people are stuck in a state of poverty due to negative factors

A feature of a v-shaped valley where the river meanders from side to side so that the hillsides interlock like a zip.

The idea that it is good if people buy an increasing amount of goods or services. 

The maximum population size that an environment can sustain

Flows of people, ideas, money and goods are making an increasingly complex global web.

When a very large number of tourists, who have bought a package holiday, visit a large resort. 

Weather that is unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather

A process which traps longwave radiation in the atmosphere.

A process where the pH level of sea decreases because more co₂ is absorbed into the ocean. 

A government policy used to prevent the spread of cities into countryside. 

The movement of people out of urban areas to rural areas. 

Fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmosphere

The gradual destruction of rock

Cities with over 10 million residents

The widening difference in levels of development between the world's richest and poorest countries.

Plates move apart from each other

When countries trade without any limits to the amount of goods that can be exported and imported.

The sinking of the crust at the destructive plate margin pulls the oceanic plate away from the constr

Large businesses who have branches in several countries.

Needs of the locals are considered. It means that local beliefs, traditions and customs are respected.

When a country relies too heavily on one way of earning foreign income.

Places where carbon is stored over very long periods of time, for example, in fossil fuels.

A climate type experienced in South Asia in which a seasonal pattern of wind brings a distinct wet season.

When one country acquires full or partial control over another.

 A zone between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn that has a lot of rainfall.

Landscapes that are made up of different features and landforms