B is for Branch
Backwash: the backward movement of water down a beach when a wave has broken
Bar: a spit that has grown across a bay
Batholith: a huge irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock that only reaches the surface whey the overlying rocks are removed
Bay: a board coastal inlet often with a beach
Beach: a deposit of sand or shingle at the coast, often found at the head of a bay
Bilateral aid: money sent from the government of one rich country directly to another poorer country. Most of the UK’s bilateral aid is sent through the Department for International Development (DfID)
Biofuels: the use of living things such as crops like maize to produce ethanol (an alcohol-based fuel) or biogas from animal waste. It is the use of crops that has become particularly important
Biological weathering: weathering caused by living things such as tree roots or burrowing animals
Biome: a major, world-scale ecosystem
Biotic environment: living things – plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc. and people
Birth rate: a measure of an area’s fertility. It is expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 people in 1 year
Brownfield site: land that has been built on before and is to be cleared and reused. These sites are often in the inner city
Bulldozing: the pushing of deposited sediment at the snout of the glacier as it advances
Butler model: this shows the development of a tourist resort over time – starting with discovery and its heyday and moving onto the problems and stagnating and then to a choice of either regeneration or decline.
Bar: a spit that has grown across a bay
Batholith: a huge irregular-shaped mass of igneous rock that only reaches the surface whey the overlying rocks are removed
Bay: a board coastal inlet often with a beach
Beach: a deposit of sand or shingle at the coast, often found at the head of a bay
Bilateral aid: money sent from the government of one rich country directly to another poorer country. Most of the UK’s bilateral aid is sent through the Department for International Development (DfID)
Biofuels: the use of living things such as crops like maize to produce ethanol (an alcohol-based fuel) or biogas from animal waste. It is the use of crops that has become particularly important
Biological weathering: weathering caused by living things such as tree roots or burrowing animals
Biome: a major, world-scale ecosystem
Biotic environment: living things – plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc. and people
Birth rate: a measure of an area’s fertility. It is expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 people in 1 year
Brownfield site: land that has been built on before and is to be cleared and reused. These sites are often in the inner city
Bulldozing: the pushing of deposited sediment at the snout of the glacier as it advances
Butler model: this shows the development of a tourist resort over time – starting with discovery and its heyday and moving onto the problems and stagnating and then to a choice of either regeneration or decline.
Interesting Geographical fact
Lesotho, Vatican City, and San Marino are the
only countries completely surrounded by one other country.