8 of the Geography glossary’s terms, each with the part of the syllabus where you first meet it.
A gently sloping underground tunnel that carries groundwater by gravity from an aquifer in higher ground to the surface at a lower point, with vertical shafts for construction and maintenance.
A square frame of known size, often 0.5 m by 0.5 m, placed on the ground to measure the percentage cover or number of plants or particles inside it.
Information recorded as words, images or opinions, such as interview answers, photographs or field sketches, which can be coded or described.
Information recorded as numbers, such as measurements and counts, which can be processed with calculations, graphs and statistical tests.
The most recent geological period, from about 2.58 million years ago to the present, characterised by repeated cycles of glacial and interglacial periods.
Knowledge-based economic activities, such as research and development, information technology, consultancy and financial services.
A set of written questions asked in the same order to a sample of people to collect facts, behaviour or opinions that can be compared.
The part of a river's discharge during a storm that arrives rapidly by overland flow and fast throughflow, shown as the area above the base flow line on a storm hydrograph; also called stormflow.