Dictionary of Geography

The notion that humankind has changed the world is not new. However, with terms such as anthropozoic, psychozoic, and noosphere proposed o...

Ice covers much of the polar regions of Earth and is a critical component to the planet’s climate. An ice sheet is defined as a mass of ic...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), also known as the West Wind Drift, is the only current that flows completely around the globe, un...

Albedo originates from a Latin word albus, which means white. Albedo is the amount of sunlight (of all wavelengths) that is reflected back...

The Agulhas Current is the major western boundary current of the Southern Hemisphere. It completes the anti-cyclonic gyre of the South Ind...

Any of a range of active REMOTE-SENSING instruments that propagate radio or microwave radiation and measure the BACKSCATTERING (echoes) th...

As the wind moves across the surface of the water, some of the wind’s energy gets transferred into the water. The more energy the wind tra...