Eduqas GCSE Geography A key terms

The capture of precipitation by vegetation before it reaches the ground.

Mutual dependence between countries, people or businesses, for example through overseas markets and supplies.

A warmer interval between glacial periods, when ice sheets retreat.

A person forced to leave their home who remains within their own country.

A change of usual residence within the same country.

Resources transferred between countries to help people in need or support development, including money, food, equipment and expertise.

The movement of people from one country to another to live there.

A river whose course crosses national boundaries, linking the water resources of different countries.

Tourism in which people travel from one country to another.

An estimate made within the range covered by the available data.

An explanation of what geographical evidence means, using knowledge of relevant concepts and processes.

The spread of the middle 50% of values, calculated as $Q_3-Q_1$.

The coastal area between high-tide and low-tide levels, which is covered and exposed as the tide changes.

A tropical belt of low pressure where the trade winds meet, causing warm, moist air to rise and produce heavy rainfall.

A belt of low pressure near the equator where trade winds from both hemispheres meet, causing air to rise and often producing thunderstorms and heavy rain.

Spending on assets or improvements, such as transport, buildings or skills, intended to produce future benefits.

Movement across a border outside the destination country's normal entry rules. This does not, by itself, determine whether someone needs refugee protection.

The artificial supply of water to land to help crops grow.

A line on a weather chart joining places with equal atmospheric pressure.

A line on a map joining places with the same value of a variable.

A fast-moving ribbon of air high in the atmosphere that helps steer weather systems.

A species that has a particularly important influence on the ecosystem and helps support other species.

The time between peak rainfall and peak river discharge on a storm hydrograph.

A fast-moving flow of water mixed with volcanic ash and other debris.

The movement of a mass of rock or soil downslope along a slip surface.

The purpose for which an area or building is used, such as housing, farming, retailing or recreation.

Planning which land uses are suitable in different areas, including restricting vulnerable development where flood risk is high.