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GCSE Geography · key term
Farming that involves growing crops.
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Specification 1.2, 6.2 · Paper 1, Paper 2
Farming that grows crops.
Revise: Human Activity and Landscape ChangeArable farming means growing crops. Flatter, fertile lowlands are generally better suited to it, creating landscapes of cultivated fields such as those in East Anglia. Hedgerows form boundaries between fields, producing a patchwork appearance.
The growing of crops, rather than the rearing of livestock.
Paper 2
Revise: Human Activity and the UK LandscapeArable farming means growing crops. Flat, fertile lowland areas are generally better suited to it, producing landscapes of cultivated fields separated by boundaries such as hedgerows. The fields of East Anglia illustrate this lowland farming landscape.
Specification 3.1b, 7.1a · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Revise: UK Physical LandscapesFlatter, fertile lowland areas are better suited to arable farming. East Anglia's cultivated fields illustrate this contrast. Large fields, hedgerows and drainage ditches are characteristic features; drainage ditches are especially important in the Fens.
Farming that grows crops rather than raising livestock.
Distinguish the physical setting from the human modification: flat land helps explain arable farming, while drainage ditches and field boundaries are human-made features.
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