Negative budget
What Negative budget means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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A deficit caused when outputs exceed inputs, resulting in coastal retreat and erosion.
Results in net erosion, exposing deflation hollows or desert pavements.
Topics that use Negative budget
- Coastal systems and landscapes - 3.1.3.2 Systems and processes (AQA A-Level)
- Hot desert systems and landscapes - 3.1.2.2 Systems and processes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Positive budget
- Sediment budget
- Sediment cell
- Abrasion
- Aeolian processes
- Fluvial processes
- Insolation
- Runoff
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