GEO ANNUAL WM

1. Bund: A low earth wall built along the contour of a field which slows down the run-off of rainwater, preventing soil erosion.

2. Deforestation: Cutting down of trees and clearing areas of forest.

3. Gorge: Narrow; steep sided valley

4. Irrigation: Transporting water to an area where there is a shortage, usually for growing crops.

5. Ore: Rock from which useful minerals can be taken.

6. Reservoir: The artificial lake which is created when a river is dammed.

7. Salination: The process which increases the amount of salt in the soil.

8. Soil Erosion: The removal of soil from one area by the wind or water.

9. Superdam: A large dam over 150m high.

10. Appropriate Technology: Tools or machines using a suitable level of technology.

11. Tributary: A smaller river or stream which flows into a larger river.

1) Carrying capacity: The number of people that an environment can withstand before it is permanently damaged.

2) Coral Reefs: Corals are tiny marine animals. The often have hard outer shell of limestone.

3) Ecotourism: Tourist resorts and facilities which are developed to have least impact on the environment, usually on a small scale.

4) Mangrove: Trees which grow on tropical coastlines, where the rivers enter the sea. They are the only trees that can grow in the brackish water.

5) Mass tourism: Where many people visit the same area or resort, often resulting in problems for the environment.

6) Plantation: A large area of land used to grow one type of crop such as tea, sugar, coffee, cotton, and trees for timber.

7) Rainforest: Forest that grow near the equator, where there is high rainfall and temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius.

8) Tourism: The industry that sells holidays and leisure activities.

1) Conservation: To try to protect the environment from human activities such as poaching, deforestation, or new developments that threaten the natural environment.

2) Foreign Investment: Money invested in factories or developments, in a foreign country.

3) Inequality: Where some groups of people have more than their fair share.

4) Manufacturing Industry: Milking products such as electrical goods, machinary, and cars.

5) Service Industry: An industry that sells its service.

6) Smelting: The production of metal by melting the ore and taking out the impurities.

7) Squatter Settlement: A settlement which has been built by the people who live there on land that does not belong to them.