Geography: Edexcel IGCSE revision notes
1 Physical Geography
1.1 River Environments
- 1.1.1 Weathering
- 1.1.2 Mass Movement
- 1.1.3 Erosion
- 1.1.4 Transportation
- 1.1.5 Deposition
- 1.1.6 River Landforms: Waterfalls & Gorges
- 1.1.7 River Landforms: Interlocking Spurs
- 1.1.8 River Landforms: Flood Plains
- 1.1.9 River Landforms: Point Bars
- 1.1.10 River Landforms: Levees
- 1.1.11 River Landforms: Meanders
- 1.1.12 River Landforms: Oxbow Lakes
- 1.1.13 River Landscape Changes: Long Profile
- 1.1.14 River Landscape Changes: Cross Profile
- 1.1.15 Vertical & Lateral Erosion
- 1.1.16 Flood Risk Factors
- 1.1.17 Human Activities on Rivers
- 1.1.18 River Management: Hard Engineering
- 1.1.19 River Management: Soft Engineering
- 1.1.20 Case Study: The River Eden - Landforms
- 1.1.21 Case Study: The River Eden - Climate
- 1.1.22 Case Study: The River Eden - Geology
- 1.1.23 Case Study: The River Eden - Management
- 1.1.24 Case Study: The River Eden - Human Activity
- 1.1.25 End of Topic Test - River Environments
1.2 Coastal Environments
- 1.2.1 Weathering
- 1.2.2 Mass Movement
- 1.2.3 Erosion
- 1.2.4 Deposition
- 1.2.5 Longshore Drift
- 1.2.6 Sediment Transportation
- 1.2.7 Wave Action on Coasts
- 1.2.8 Other Factors Influencing Coasts
- 1.2.9 Coastal Landforms: Wave-cut Platforms & Cliffs
- 1.2.10 Coastal Landforms: Headlands & Bays
- 1.2.11 Coastal Landforms: Caves, Arches & Stacks
- 1.2.12 Coastal Deposition
- 1.2.13 Spits, Bars & Sand Dunes
- 1.2.14 Human Activity on Coasts
- 1.2.15 Coastal Defences: Hard Engineering
- 1.2.16 Coastal Defences: Soft Engineering
- 1.2.17 Coastal Defences: Managed Retreat
- 1.2.18 Case Study: Holderness Coast Overview
- 1.2.19 Case Study: Holderness Coast Management
- 1.2.20 Case Study: Holderness Coast Defences
- 1.2.21 End of Topic Test - Coastal Environments
1.3 Hazardous Environments - Tropical Cyclones
- 1.3.1 Characteristics of a Tropical Cyclone
- 1.3.2 Structure of a Tropical Cyclone
- 1.3.3 Physical Hazards of Tropical Cyclones
- 1.3.4 The Impacts of Tropical Cyclones
- 1.3.5 Responses to Tropical Cyclones
- 1.3.6 Vulnerability to Tropical Cyclones
- 1.3.7 Preparing for Tropical Cyclones
- 1.3.8 Case Study: Katrina
- 1.3.9 Case Study: Nargis
2 Human Geography
3 Global Issues
3.1 Fragile Environments & Climate Change
3.2 Globalisation & Migration
- 3.2.1 Globalisation - Transport
- 3.2.2 Globalisation - Communication Networks & Banking
- 3.2.3 Push & Pull Factors
- 3.2.4 TNCs & Globalisation
- 3.2.5 Tourism Landscapes
- 3.2.6 The Growth of Tourism
- 3.2.7 The Economic Benefits of Tourism
- 3.2.8 The Social & Cultural Benefits of Tourism
- 3.2.9 The Economic Costs of Tourism
- 3.2.10 The Social & Cultural Costs of Tourism
- 3.2.11 Managing Tourism - Sustainability
- 3.2.12 Managing Tourism - Quotas & Tourism Hubs
3.3 Development & Human Welfare
- 3.3.1 Ways of Defining Development
- 3.3.2 Different Ways of Measuring Development
- 3.3.3 Environmental Factors Causing Uneven Development
- 3.3.4 Historical Factors Causing Uneven Development
- 3.3.5 Economic Factors Causing Uneven Development
- 3.3.6 Patterns of Development
- 3.3.7 How Can we Reduce the Global Development Gap?
- 3.3.8 Top-Down & Bottom-Up Development