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abiotic Quick reference
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Not living, non-biological, usually describing factors in an ecosystem: atmospheric gases, humidity, salinity, soil mineral particles, water, and so on. An ...

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Abler, Ronald F. (1939) Quick reference
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An influential American human geographer who co-authored a pioneering text on the *spatial science approach (Spatial Organization: The Geographer’s View of the World...

aboriginal Quick reference
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The first or earliest known inhabitants of a *place or *region. Aboriginals are often called *indigenous people...

aborigine Quick reference
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A member of an indigenous people existing in a land before invasion or colonization from outside. For Canadian aboriginal peoples, see ...

abrasion Quick reference
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Also known as corrasion, this is the grinding away of bedrock by fragments of rock which may be incorporated in ice (...

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absolute plate motion Quick reference
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The movement of a crustal plate in relation to a fixed point, such as a hot spot, or latitude and longitude....

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abstraction Quick reference
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The selection and conceptualization of a phenomenon, or some aspect of it; a way of viewing a real world object, usually a simplification—such as a ...

abundance Quick reference
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abyssal Quick reference
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accelerator Quick reference
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A factor which increases the momentum of a boom or slump in an economy, so that a small change in demand, for example, may lead to a greater industrial growth (or decline)....

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accordant Quick reference
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Complying with; thus, accordant drainage has evolved in conformity with the underlying geological structure: domes show a radial pattern, for example. The ...

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