Geography GCSE
Tropical storms
What Tropical storms means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Tropical storms
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Reference: AQA
Powerful weather systems, known regionally as hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons, that develop as a result of particular physical conditions.
Topics that use Tropical storms
- Weather hazards (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atmospheric circulation
- Case study application
- Coriolis Effect
- Economic consequences
- Environmental degradation
- Extreme weather
- Eye
- Eyewall
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