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INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY It will consist of three sections A, B and C. You will be required to answer …
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
It will consist of three sections A, B and C. You will be required to answer only four questions. Section A is compulsory and will have two compulsory questions, one on map work and another on photographic interpretation. You will also answer at least one question from section B and one from section C.
COURSE OUTLINE
SECTION A- Map work
- Photograph interpretation
- Introduction of physical geography
- The structure of the earth
- The origin of continents and ocean basins
- Rocks
- Weathering and slope development
- Mass wasting
- Tectonism
- Glaciation
- Lakes
- Rivers and lake systems
- Coastal geomorphology
- Vegetation
- Climatology and meteorology
- Soils