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Geography - Coggle Diagram
Geography
7 Key Concepts
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Place
A place is apart of the Earth's surface that is identified and given meaning by people. For example, The Serengeti - which is a vast ecosystem in Africa - is a place
Environment
In geographical terms, the key concept of environment the living and non-living components and elements that make up an area, and the ways they are organized into a system
Interconnection
Geographers use this concept of interconnection to better understand the links between places and people, and how these interconnections affect the environment and the way we live
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Change
The Earth is constantly changing. Some changes occur very rapidly and are easier to observe, while others take place over one million years and are almost undetectable to us
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Sustainability (4S's)
Services
Services (also called supporting services) are things that are done for us by the natural environment that don't produce consumable resources. For example, wetlands filter water and slow floodwaters. Forests absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.
Spirituality
Spirituality (also called cultural services) refers to the personal relationships that human beings have with the environment. For some, this is a deep connection to the land formed over many generations (such as the connection Indigenous Australians have with their ancestral lands).
Sinks
Sinks (also called regulating services) are those processes in the natural environment that absorb our waste. For example, micro-organisms in the oceans break down oil spills. In a similar way, bacteria in the soil breaks down human waste.
Sources
Sources (also called provisioning services) are those natural products that can be used or converted by humans for our use. For example, mineral deposits such as coal which we turn into fuel, iron ore which we use in manufacturing, timber from natural forests and food sources - from plant crops to deep sea fish.
Degradation
Degrading The Atmosphere
Pollutants such as carbon, nitrogen and sulfur released into the atmosphere from factories and transport are disturbing the natural balance of gases that form the atmosphere.
Degrading the Water
Human activities have reduced the quality and quantity of clean, fresh water in many of these places. Extracting water from rivers to use in homes, factories and farms, and damming rivers for water supply, flood control and hydroelectricity have all affected the health of these inland waters.
Degrading The Land
The loss of productivity and decline in fertility of land-based environments as a result of human
activities are referred to as land degradation. About 1.5 billion people, including many Australians, are directly affected by land degradation.