Glossary
- A Horizon
- Abiotic
- Ablation
- Ablation Zone
- Abrasion
- Absolute Humidity
- Absorption
- Abstract Space
- Abyssal Fan
- Abyssal Plain
- Acceleration
- Accretion
- Acid
- Acid Deposition
- Acid Precipitation
- Acid Rain
- Acidic
- Acidic Solution
- Active Layer
- Active Remote Sensing
- Actual Evapotranspiration
- Adiabatic
- Adiabatic Cooling
- Advection
- Advection Fog
- Aeolian
- Aeolian Landform
- Aerial Photography
- Aerobic
- Aftershock
- Aggradation
- Agronomy
- Air Mass
- Air Pollution
- Air Pressure
- Albedo
- Algae
- Alien Species
- Alkaline
- Alluvial Fan
- Alluvial Terraces
- Alluvium
- Alpine Glacier
- Alpine Permafrost
- Alpine Tundra
- Alternative Hypothesis (H1)
- Altitude
- Altocumulus Clouds
- Altostratus Clouds
- Anaerobic
- Andesite
- Anemometer
- Aneroid Barometer
- Angle of Incidence
- Angle of Repose
- Antarctic Circle
- Antarctic High
- Anticline
- Anticyclone
- Aphelion
- Aquatic
- Aquiclude
- Aquifer
- Aquifer Recharge Area
- Archipelago
- Arctic Circle
- Arête
- Arkose
- Artesian Water
- Artesian Well
- Aspect of Slope
- Asthenosphere
- Astronomy
- Atmosphere
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Atmospheric Stability
- Atoll
- Aurora
- Autumn
- Autumnal Equinox
- Available Water
- Average Global Temperature
- Azimuth
- B Horizon
- Background Extinction
- Backscattering
- Backshore
- Backshore slope
- Backswamp
- Backwash
- Bacteria
- Badlands
- Bajada
- Bank-Caving
- Bar
- Barchan Dune
- Barometer
- Barrier Beach
- Barrier Island
- Basal Sliding
- Basalt
- Basalt Plateau
- Basaltic Magma
- Base
- Base Flow
- Base Level
- Basement Rock
- Basin
- Batholith
- Bay
- Bay-Mouth Bar
- Bayhead Beach
- Beach
- Beach Drift
- Bearing
- Beaufort Wind Scale
- Bed
- Bed Load
- Bedding Plane
- Bedrock
- Bergschrund
- Berm
- Bifurcation Ratio
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Biological Weathering
- Biome
- Bioregion
- Biosphere
- Biotic
- Biotic Potential
- Biotite
- Black Body
- Blizzard
- Blowout Depression
- Body Wave
- Bog
- Bolson
- Bora
- Bottomset Bed
- Boulder
- Bowen Reaction Series
- Brackish
- Braided Stream
- Breaker
- Breccia
- Brine
- C Horizon
- Calcification
- Calcite
- Caldera
- Caldera Volcano
- Calving
- Cambrian
- Canopy Drip
- Canyon
- Capillary Action
- Capillary Water
- Carbon Cycle
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbon Monoxide
- Carbonate
- Carbonation
- Cardinal Points
- Carnivore
- Carrying Capacity (K)
- Cartography
- Cascading System
- Cave
- Cavitation
- Celsius
- Cenozoic
- Central Vent
- Centripetal Force
- CFCs
- Chalk
- Chemical
- Chemical Energy
- Chemical Reaction
- Chemical Weathering
- Chinook Wind
- Chlorofluorocarbons
- Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
- Chlorophyll
- Chloroplast
- Cinder Cone Volcano
- Circle of Illumination
- Circum-Pacific Belt
- Cirque
- Cirque Glacier
- Cirrocumulus Clouds
- Cirrostratus Clouds
- Cirrus Clouds
- Classification
- Clastic Sedimentary Rock
- Clay
- Cleavage
- Cliff
- Climate
- Climatology
- Climograph
- Closed System
- Closed Talik
- Cloud
- Coal
- Coalescence
- Coastal Dune
- Coastal Wetland
- Coastal Zone
- Coastline
- Col
- Cold Desert
- Cold Front
- Cold Glacier
- Colonization
- Comet
- Community
- Compass
- Competition
- Competitive Exclusion
- Composite Volcano
- Concrete Space
- Condensation
- Condensation Nuclei
- Conduction
- Cone of Depression
- Confined Aquifer
- Confined Groundwater
- Conglomerate
- Coniferous Vegetation
- Conservation Biology
- Consumer
- Contact Metamorphism
- Continental Arctic Air Mass
- Continental Crust
- Continental Divide
- Continental Drift
- Continental Effect
- Continental Glacier
- Continental Ice Sheet
- Continental Margin
- Continental Plate
- Continental Polar Air Mass
- Continental Rise
- Continental Shelf
- Continental Shelf Break
- Continental Shield
- Continental Slope
- Continental Tropical Air Mass
- Continuous Permafrost
- Contour Interval
- Contour Line
- Convection
- Convection Current
- Convectional Lifting
- Convectional Precipitation
- Convergence
- Convergence Precipitation
- Convergent Lifting
- Coordinated Universal Time
- Coral
- Coral Bleaching
- Coral Reef
- Core
- Coriolis Force
- Correlation Coefficient
- Coulee
- Counter-Radiation
- Crater
- Craton
- Creep
- Cretaceous
- Crevasse
- Critical Entrainment Velocity
- Crust
- Cryostatic Pressure
- Cryotic
- Cumulonimbus Cloud
- Cumulus Cloud
- Cuspate Foreland
- Cyclogenesis
- Cyclone
- DALR
- Day Length
- Daylight Savings Time
- Debris Flow
- December Solstice
- Deciduous Vegetation
- Declination
- Decomposer
- Decomposition
- Deduction
- Deflation
- Deflation Hollow
- Deforestation
- Degradation
- Delta
- Dendritic
- Denitrification
- Density
- Denudation
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- Deposition
- Deposition Nuclei
- Depositional Landform
- Depression
- Deranged Drainage
- Desert
- Desert Pavement
- Desertification
- Detachment
- Detrital Rock
- Devonian
- Dew
- Dew Point
- Diffused Solar Radiation
- Diffusion
- Diorite
- Dip
- Direct Solar Radiation
- Discharge
- Discontinuous Permafrost
- Dissolution
- Dissolved Load
- Distance Ratio
- Distributary
- Distributional Limit
- Disturbance
- Diurnal Tide
- Divergence
- DNA
- Doldrums
- Dolomite
- Downdraft
- Downwelling Current
- Drainage Basin
- Drainage Density
- Drainage Divide
- Drainage Network
- Drainage Pattern
- Drought
- Droughts
- Drumlin
- Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate
- Dry Deposition
- Dry Line
- Dry-Bulb Thermometer
- Dune
- Dune Field
- Dust Dome
- Dyke
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Dynamic Metamorphism
- Earth Albedo
- Earth Revolution
- Earth Rotation
- Earthflow
- Earthquake
- Earthquake Focus
- Easterly Wave
- Ebb Tide
- Eccentricity
- Ecological Diversity
- Ecological Niche
- Ecology
- Ecosphere
- Ecosystem
- Ecosystem Diversity
- Ecotone
- Eddy
- Eddy Diffusion
- Edge Wave
- Effusive Eruption
- El Niño
- Elastic Deformation
- Elastic Limit
- Elastic Rebound Theory
- Elastic Wave
- Electrical Energy
- Electromagnetic Energy
- Electromagnetic Radiation
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Electron
- ELR
- Eluviation
- Emigration
- Endangered Species
- Endogenic
- Energy
- Energy Flux
- Entrainment
- Entropy
- Environment
- Environmental Gradient
- Environmental Lapse Rate
- Environmental Science
- Environmental System
- Enzyme
- Eolian
- Eolian Landform
- Eon
- Epicenter
- Epoch
- Equator
- Equilibrium
- Equinox
- Era
- Erg Desert
- Erosion
- Erosional Landform
- Erratic
- Esker
- Establishment
- Estimator
- Estuary
- Eustacy
- Eutrophic Lake
- Eutrophication
- Evaporation
- Evaporation Fog
- Evaporation Pan
- Evaporite
- Evapotranspiration
- Evergreen Vegetation
- Evolution
- Exfoliation Dome
- Exogenic
- Exosphere
- Exotic Stream
- Experiment
- Exploitation
- Explosive Eruption
- Extinction
- Extrusive Igneous Rock
- Eye
- Fahrenheit
- Fault
- Fault Plane
- Fault Scarp
- Feedback Loop
- Feldspar
- Felsic Magma
- Fen
- Fermentation
- Ferrel Cell
- Ferricretes
- Fertilizer
- Fetch
- Field Capacity
- Firn
- Firn Limit
- Firn Line
- Fish
- Fissure
- Fitness
- Fixed Energy
- Fjord
- Flash Flood
- Flocculation
- Flood
- Flood Tide
- Floodplain
- Fluid
- Fluid Drag
- Fluvial
- Fog
- Föhn Wind
- Fold
- Folding
- Foliation
- Food Chain
- Food Web
- Foot Wall
- Force
- Foreset Bed
- Foreshock
- Forest
- Fossil
- Fossil Fuel
- Freeze Thaw
- Freezing
- Freezing Rain
- Fresh Water
- Friction
- Frictional Force
- Front
- Frontal Fog
- Frontal Lifting
- Frontal Precipitation
- Frost
- Frost Creep
- Frost Point
- Frost Shattering
- Fujita Tornado Intensity Scale
- Fungi
- Funnel Cloud
- Gabbro
- Gaia Hypothesis
- Galaxy
- Gall-Peters Projection