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Terrapsychology is a word coined by Craig Chalquist to describe deep, systematic, trans-empirical approaches to encountering the presence, soul, or "voice" of places and things: what the ancients knew as their resident genius loci or indwelling spirit. This perspective emerged from sustained ...
Formed when air masses collide, resulting in warm, moist air rising until it cools.
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An organism that consumes other organisms, whether living or dead. Compare Producer.
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A green, sunlight-capturing pigment in plants and some bacteria. See Photosynthesis.
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Weathering helped along by living things, like plants that break up layers of rock.
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A sudden oscillation in pond or lake water due to wind, weather, earthquakes, etc.
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The highest elevation at which forests or stands of trees will grow. See Tree Line.
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Soils rich in humus and calcium, like the soils often seen in meadows and prairies.
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Eggs and sperm; reproductive cells that combine to form a zygote (fertilized egg).
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A map simulating the Earth's three-dimensional surface on a two-dimensional chart.
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A geographical pointing inward, as with bays and inlets; the opposite of Salient.
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