Geography GCSE
Polar environments
What Polar environments means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Polar environments
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Reference: AQA
Environments with permanent ice cover and extremely low temperatures, often dropping below -50°C, and very low precipitation, making them cold deserts.
Topics that use Polar environments
- Cold environments (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Active layer
- Biodiversity loss
- Conservation groups
- Ecosystem fragility
- Energy development
- Extreme temperatures
- Human-environment conflict
- Inaccessibility
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