Edexcel GCSE Geography B key terms

An event in which river water overflows its channel onto surrounding land.

Returning a modified river towards a more natural condition, for example by restoring meanders and reconnecting the channel to its floodplain.

The ability of rock to withstand weathering and erosion.

A mass movement in which a section of a slope moves down along a curved slip surface, often in saturated clay.

Countryside with relatively low population density, including villages, hamlets and scattered settlements.

The development of additional or alternative sources of income alongside or instead of traditional rural activities such as farming.

The movement of people from countryside settlements to towns and cities.

The transition zone at the edge of a town or city where urban and rural land uses meet.

The movement of people from countryside settlements to towns and cities to live.

A five-category classification of hurricane intensity. When using a classification table, measurements must be matched to the stated category ranges and units.

The bouncing of small stones along the river bed.

The movement of saltwater into freshwater environments or soils.

Selecting a manageable set of sites or observations to represent a larger area or population.

The rule used to select locations or material for study from a larger area or population.

Systems for safely managing human waste and maintaining hygienic conditions, including toilets and sewers.

Images of the Earth's surface captured by sensors on satellites, which can be used to examine visible landscape features.

The condition in which the spaces within soil are filled with water.

An accumulation of loose, angular rock fragments at the foot of a slope.

The area of ocean covered by sea ice, measured using a defined ice-cover threshold.

A wall built along the coast to protect the land behind it from wave erosion and coastal flooding.

Information already collected by another person or organisation, which is reused in an investigation.

A consequence that develops from a primary impact, such as lost income after a workplace is destroyed.

Economic activities that manufacture goods by processing raw materials or assembling components.

Loose material such as sand, gravel and pebbles deposited on a beach.

Rock formed when deposited sediment becomes compacted into solid rock over time.

The solid material carried by a river, including material moved along its bed and particles suspended in the water.

Waves that carry energy away from an earthquake through the Earth and along its surface.

The part of the economy that provides services rather than extracting resources or manufacturing goods, including IT support, banking and tourism.