Principles of Physical Geography

accumulation air-masses alluvium anticlines anticyclone areas Atlantic basalt Basin cause chalk chernozem clay cliffs climatic coast cold consists continental cool crust currents denudation deposits depressions depth desert developed drainage dunes earth east eastern effect English Lake District Equatorial erosion example fault flow folding forest gabbro glacial glacier granite grassland Greenland humidity ice-sheets igneous rocks islands known laccoliths Lake District land latitudes lava layer limestone marginal seas margins mass material miles monsoon moraine mountain movement North northern occur ocean Pacific peneplain Pennines periglacial plants plate plateau pressure produced rain rainfall range result Rhône ridges rise river rocks sand sandstones sea-level season sedimentary rocks slope soils sometimes South Equatorial Current southern steep strata stream summer surface syncline temperature tidal tropical upland valley vegetation vertical volcanic warm waves weathering western winds winter zone