F is for Fissure
Fairtrade: a system whereby agricultural producers in countries at lesser stages of development are paid a fair price for their produce. This helps them to attain a reasonable standard of living
Fallow: land that has been left unseeded to recover its fertility
Farm system: the operation of a farm, where inputs are processed to produce outputs
Fertility: the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-49 in 1 year. It is also defined as the average number of children each woman in a population will bear. If this number is 2.1 or higher, a population will replace itself
Fetch: the distance of open water over which wind can grow
Flashy: a hydrograph that responds quickly to a period of rain so that it characteristically has a high peak and a short lag time
Flood or storm hydrograph: a line graph drawn to show the discharge in a river in the aftermath of a period of rain
Floodplain: the flat area of land next to the river channel, especially in the lower part of the course. This is a natural area for water to spill onto when the river reaches the top of its banks
Floodplain zoning: controlling what is built on the floodplain so that areas that are at risk of flooding have low-value land uses
Floods: these occur when a river carries so much water that it cannot be contained by its banks and so it overflows on to surrounding land – its floodplain
Flow: a term used to describe renewable resources
Fluvoglacial: the area to the front of a glacier shaped by meltwater
Focus: The point within the Earth’s crust is suddenly released and the ground shakes violently
Fog: water that has condensed close to the ground to form a dense low cloud with poor visibility
Fold mountains: large mountain ranges where rock layers have been crumpled as they have been forced together
Food chain: the transfer of energy through an ecosystem with each link in the chain feeding on the one before and obtaining energy from the link that precedes it. In turn it provides energy for the following link
Food miles: the distance hat food items travel from where they are grown to where they are eaten
Food web: this shows all the links between the different organisms in the ecosystem
Fossil fuels: oil, natural gas and coal, formed from plant and animal remains in previous geological periods. All are non-renewable sources of energy
Fragile environment: an environment that is easily damaged/unbalanced by natural or human factors
Freeze-thaw weathering: water enters cracks, freezes, expands and thaws. Over time the cracks increase in size
Frequency: how event an earthquake happens. This can vary greatly between different areas and types of plate boundaries
Front: a boundary between a warm air mass and a cold air mass, resulting in frontal rainfall
Frost: water that has condensed close to the ground to form dense low cloud with poor visibility
Function: the purpose of a particular area e.g. for residential use, recreation or shopping
Fallow: land that has been left unseeded to recover its fertility
Farm system: the operation of a farm, where inputs are processed to produce outputs
Fertility: the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15-49 in 1 year. It is also defined as the average number of children each woman in a population will bear. If this number is 2.1 or higher, a population will replace itself
Fetch: the distance of open water over which wind can grow
Flashy: a hydrograph that responds quickly to a period of rain so that it characteristically has a high peak and a short lag time
Flood or storm hydrograph: a line graph drawn to show the discharge in a river in the aftermath of a period of rain
Floodplain: the flat area of land next to the river channel, especially in the lower part of the course. This is a natural area for water to spill onto when the river reaches the top of its banks
Floodplain zoning: controlling what is built on the floodplain so that areas that are at risk of flooding have low-value land uses
Floods: these occur when a river carries so much water that it cannot be contained by its banks and so it overflows on to surrounding land – its floodplain
Flow: a term used to describe renewable resources
Fluvoglacial: the area to the front of a glacier shaped by meltwater
Focus: The point within the Earth’s crust is suddenly released and the ground shakes violently
Fog: water that has condensed close to the ground to form a dense low cloud with poor visibility
Fold mountains: large mountain ranges where rock layers have been crumpled as they have been forced together
Food chain: the transfer of energy through an ecosystem with each link in the chain feeding on the one before and obtaining energy from the link that precedes it. In turn it provides energy for the following link
Food miles: the distance hat food items travel from where they are grown to where they are eaten
Food web: this shows all the links between the different organisms in the ecosystem
Fossil fuels: oil, natural gas and coal, formed from plant and animal remains in previous geological periods. All are non-renewable sources of energy
Fragile environment: an environment that is easily damaged/unbalanced by natural or human factors
Freeze-thaw weathering: water enters cracks, freezes, expands and thaws. Over time the cracks increase in size
Frequency: how event an earthquake happens. This can vary greatly between different areas and types of plate boundaries
Front: a boundary between a warm air mass and a cold air mass, resulting in frontal rainfall
Frost: water that has condensed close to the ground to form dense low cloud with poor visibility
Function: the purpose of a particular area e.g. for residential use, recreation or shopping
Interesting Geographical fact
The largest city in the world – based on surface
area, is Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia which is 263,953 km squared.