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A hazard is an extreme natural event that poses threat to life and property, examples of such hazards might be volcanic eruptions, earthquakes or tsunamis. The hazard that I am going to explore is that of...

A constructive plate boundary occurs when two tectonic plates are moving away from one and other. This movement is caused by currents within the mantle. As the plates are slowly pulled apart the rising ma...

Waterfalls form where a river is flowing over hard rock lying on soft rock. The soft rock is eroded faster, so there is a step in the river which deepens over time. It is eroded by hydraulic action and ab...

There are more than 20 million km² of degraded land worldwide (2015). Overgrazing and agricultural mismanagement affect more than 12 million km² and 20% of the world's pasture and ra...

The 4 main ways in which a coastline can be eroded are: Attrition, Abrasion, Hydraulic action and solution.
To begin with, attrition is the collisions of the rocks in the sea which causes them to bec...