Geography GCSE
Soil and vegetation
What Soil and vegetation means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Soil and vegetation
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Reference: AQA
Soils are poorly developed due to sparse vegetation and slow decomposition in freezing temperatures.
Topics that use Soil and vegetation
- 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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