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• Floods
  Water
  Landslides
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Ecology
   
  

  Floodplain

  A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and ... > more
• Geology
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Natural Disasters
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Continental crust

  The continental crust is the layer of granitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks which form the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves. It is ... > more
• Environmental Issues
  Water
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Pollution
  Geography
  Earth Science
   
  

  Rainbow

  A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a nearly continuous spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. ... > more
• Global Warming
  Ice Ages
  Snow and Avalanches
  Oceanography
  Water
  Climate
   
  

  Glacier

  A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. A glacier is formed by multi-year ice accretion in sloping terrain. Glaciers can be found on ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Weather
  Storms
  Climate
  Geography
   
  

  Labor Day Hurricane of 1935

  The Labor Day Hurricane was a very compact, intense hurricane that formed in the North Atlantic during August 1935. It remains the strongest hurricane on record to have struck the United States, and ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Geography
  Geology
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Krakatoa

  Krakatoa is a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It has erupted repeatedly, massively and with disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Nature
   
  

  Purple loosestrife

  Purple loosestrife is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, native to the wetlands of Eurasia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing 1-2 m tall, ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Origin of Life
  Nature
  Biology
   
  

  Evolution

  In biology, evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. These traits are the expression of genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Geology
  Tsunamis
  Wildfires
  Geography
   
  

  San Andreas Fault

  San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that spans a length of roughly 800 miles (1287 kilometres) through California, United States. The fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, marks a transform ... > more
• Geology
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Climate
   
  

  Feldspar

  Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals which make up as much as 60% of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize from magma in both intrusive and extrusive rocks, and they can also ... > more

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