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Flashcards for SQA Higher Geography (course code C833 76), split into Physical environments, Human environments, Global issues and Geographical skills, then by topic in the course specification's order. Each global issue has its own subdeck, so delete the two you do not study. Follows specification version 5.0 (September 2025).

Adding it gives you your own copy, with every subdeck below. Each card then comes back just before you would forget it, and every one you get right or wrong counts towards your mastery of its topic. You can delete or suspend the parts you are not studying once it is yours.

What is inside (62 subdecks)

  • Geographical skills188 cards
    • Numerical and graphical skills53 cards
    • Ordnance Survey map skills76 cards
    • Research and fieldwork skills59 cards
  • Global issues371 cards
    • 1. River basin management61 cards
      • A river basin: the Mississippi13 cards
      • A water control project: the Three Gorges Dam25 cards
      • Water management and dam sites23 cards
    • 2. Development and health115 cards
      • Cholera and other water-related diseases18 cards
      • Differences between developing countries16 cards
      • Malaria: a water-related disease32 cards
      • Measuring development25 cards
      • Primary health care24 cards
    • 3. Global climate change109 cards
      • Effects of climate change28 cards
      • Evidence and physical causes27 cards
      • Human causes21 cards
      • Management strategies and their limitations33 cards
    • 4. Energy86 cards
      • Changing energy demand20 cards
      • Effectiveness of energy sources37 cards
      • Energy resources and their distribution29 cards
  • Human environments303 cards
    • 1. Population100 cards
      • Migration39 cards
      • Population data and its collection30 cards
      • Population structure31 cards
    • 2. Rural103 cards
      • Degradation in a rainforest area: the Amazon34 cards
      • Degradation in a semi-arid area: the Sahel34 cards
      • Rural land degradation7 cards
      • Rural land use conflicts28 cards
    • 3. Urban100 cards
      • Housing in a developed world city19 cards
      • Housing in a developing world city31 cards
      • Traffic management in a developed world city33 cards
      • Urban change17 cards
  • Physical environments426 cards
    • 1. Atmosphere127 cards
      • Air masses and the ITCZ36 cards
      • Atmospheric circulation40 cards
      • Global heat budget27 cards
      • Ocean circulation24 cards
    • 2. Hydrosphere118 cards
      • Hydrographs27 cards
      • Hydrological cycle and drainage basins41 cards
      • River landforms26 cards
      • River processes24 cards
    • 3. Lithosphere102 cards
      • Coastal landforms of deposition13 cards
      • Coastal landforms of erosion19 cards
      • Coastal processes17 cards
      • Glacial landforms of deposition9 cards
      • Glacial landforms of erosion23 cards
      • Glacial processes21 cards
    • 4. Biosphere79 cards
      • Brown earth17 cards
      • Gley20 cards
      • Podzol21 cards
      • Soil basics21 cards

Some of its cards

  • What is a storm hydrograph?
    A graph showing how a river's discharge changes over a period after a rainstorm
  • What is primary data?
    Data collected first hand by the researcher, such as by a survey or measurement
  • Which three circulation cells are found in each hemisphere?
    The Hadley cell, the Ferrel cell and the polar cell
  • In what climate do podzols form?
    A cool, wet climate
  • What is migration?
    The movement of people from one place to live in another
  • Where are V-shaped valleys found?
    In the upper course of a river
  • What is water management?
    Controlling and using a river's water to meet human needs
  • What are common land use conflicts in upland glaciated areas?
    Tourism and recreation, conservation, farming, forestry, sporting estates and renewable energy
  • What is primary health care?
    Basic, low-cost health care based in the community, where people first meet health services
  • What are the physical causes of land degradation in the Sahel?
    Low, unreliable rainfall, drought, high temperatures and heavy downpours that wash soil away

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