N is for Nivation
National Park: an area usually designated by where development is limited and planning controlled. The landscape is regarded as unusual and valuable and therefore worth preserving
Natural change: the change in size of a population caused by the interrelationship between birth and death rate. If birth rate exceeds death rate, a population will increase. If death rate exceeds birth rate, a population will decline
Natural decrease (ND): the death rate is greater than the birth rate
Natural increase (NI): the birth rate is greater than the death rate
Natural hazard: an occurrence over which people have little control, which poses a threat to people’s lives and possessions. This is different from a natural event as volcanoes can erupt in unpopulated areas without being a hazard
Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs): these include the Asian ‘tigers’ as well as other emerging industrial nations such as Malaysia, the Philippines and China
Nivation: Ice underneath the surface expands and attacks the rocks above. This causes the rock above it to disintegrate
Non-governmental organisation (NGO): an organisation that collects money and distributes it to need causes
Nutrient cycling: the recycling of nutrients between living organisms and the environment
Natural change: the change in size of a population caused by the interrelationship between birth and death rate. If birth rate exceeds death rate, a population will increase. If death rate exceeds birth rate, a population will decline
Natural decrease (ND): the death rate is greater than the birth rate
Natural increase (NI): the birth rate is greater than the death rate
Natural hazard: an occurrence over which people have little control, which poses a threat to people’s lives and possessions. This is different from a natural event as volcanoes can erupt in unpopulated areas without being a hazard
Newly Industrialising Countries (NICs): these include the Asian ‘tigers’ as well as other emerging industrial nations such as Malaysia, the Philippines and China
Nivation: Ice underneath the surface expands and attacks the rocks above. This causes the rock above it to disintegrate
Non-governmental organisation (NGO): an organisation that collects money and distributes it to need causes
Nutrient cycling: the recycling of nutrients between living organisms and the environment
Interesting Geographical fact
In 1811 and 1812, three earthquakes measuring
around 8 on the Richter scale, caused the Mississippi River to flow backwards.