Geography of Europe key terms

• EU

  European Union-The economic association of over two dozen European countries.  It aims to offer economic benefits e.g. free movement and trade.
• Brexit

  The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

   
• Migration is the movement of people from one place to another to live
• Immigration-Movement of people INTO a country e.g. I immigrated to the UK from Poland
• Refugee

  A person who is forced to flee their country due to war, persecution or a natural disaster.
• Emigration-Movement of people OUT of a country e.g. I emigrated from Poland to the UK
• Economic Migrant

  A person who chooses to travel from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living e.g. for a better job
• Hate Crime

  A crime, typically one involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other grounds.
• Agriculture

  Farming

   
• Punitive

  Punishment

   
• Renewable energy

  Energy from a source that will not run out, such as wind or solar power

   
• Non-renewable energy

  Energy from a source that will run out, such as coal or oil

   
• Sustainability

  The way in which humans can use resources on earth to meet the needs of people today without compromising the needs of future generations.
• Latitude/Longitude

  Imaginary lines on the surface of the earth to help us locate places.  Latitude is how far north or south of the equator a place is. Longitude is how far east or west of the prime meridian a place is.
• Wind farm

  A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines.
• The hydrological cycle

  Otherwise known as the water cycle.  It describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
• Relief

  The height and the shape of the land.

   
• Tourism

  The operation of holidays and visits to places of interest.

   
• Pull factor: the reason why migrants want to migrate to somewhere
• Push factor: the reason why migrants move away
• Evaporation: the process of turning from liquid into vapour
• Transpiration: the release of water vapour from plants
• Condensation: the conversion of a vapour to liquid
• Precipitation: Any form of water from the atomsphere - rain,snow,hail.etc
• Infiltration: the process of water entering the soil
• Run off: water that travels over the surface of the earth
• Source of river: where the river begins.
• Channel: where a river flows over the land
• Mouth: End of river where it flows into a lake, sea or ocean
• Watershed: The imaginary line differentiates between two drainage basins.
• Confluence: Where 2 rivers meet
• Tributary: A smaller river that flows into a larger river
• Flood plain: The flat land either side of the river channel that is flooded by a river during a flood.
• River bed: Bottom of river channel
• River bank: The land around edges of a river, usually sloping downwards.
• Glaciers: Made from snow condensed and packed and it crushes into ice