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Geography study guides
20 published, listed by title. Topic explanations written to be read once and understood.
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Study Guides
Cambridge A Level Geography: Coastal Environments, Paper 3 Option (9696)
Wave energy, sediment transport, coastal landforms and management strategies – Coastal Environments, one of the four Advanced Physical Geography options on Paper 3, distinct from the site's existing Paper 1 and Paper 2 core-content study guides.
Geography · Cambridge · A LEVEL
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Cambridge A-Level Geography: Core Human Geography (9696)
Population, migration and settlement dynamics – the three compulsory topics of Paper 2 for Cambridge International AS & A Level Geography (9696), 2025-2026 series.
Geography · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Cambridge A-Level Geography: Core Physical Geography (9696)
Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology, atmosphere and weather, and rocks and weathering – the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge International AS & A Level Geography (9696).
Geography · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Cambridge IGCSE Geography: The Natural Environment (0460)
Earthquakes and volcanoes, rivers, coasts, weather, and climate and natural vegetation – Theme 2 of Cambridge IGCSE Geography (0460), 2025-2026 series.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Climate and Natural Vegetation: Equatorial and Hot Desert Ecosystems
The characteristics and causes of equatorial and hot desert climates, tropical rainforest and hot desert ecosystems, and the causes and effects of tropical rainforest deforestation, for Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460, section 2.5.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Coasts: Erosion and Deposition Landforms, Coral Reefs and Coastal Management
The work of the sea and wind in shaping coastal landforms, coral reef and mangrove swamp formation, coastal hazards including tropical storms, and coastal erosion management, for Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460, section 2.3.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Plate Boundaries, Hazards and Case Studies
Types and features of volcanoes and earthquakes, their global distribution and causes at plate boundaries, hazards and opportunities, and the required earthquake and volcano case studies, for Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460, section 2.1.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE
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IB Diploma Programme Geography: Syllabus Guide
The core theme, seven optional geographic themes and HL-only extension of IB Diploma Programme Geography, with recommended teaching hours for SL and HL, for first assessment 2019.
Geography · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP Geography Core: Global Climate – Vulnerability and Resilience
Causes, consequences and responses – including vulnerability, resilience, adaptation and mitigation – in the compulsory Global Climate core theme of IB Diploma Programme Geography, examined in Paper 2 for every student regardless of which options a school teaches.
Geography · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP Geography Core: Population Distribution – Changing Population
Why population is unevenly distributed, key demographic vocabulary, and how to read population pyramids and demographic data – the compulsory Population Distribution core theme of IB Diploma Programme Geography, examined in Paper 2 for every student.
Geography · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IGCSE Geography: Population and Settlement (Cambridge 0460)
Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460 (2025-2026 series), Theme 1: population dynamics, migration, population structure, density and distribution, rural and urban settlement, and urbanisation.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE
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O Level Geography: Economic Development (Cambridge 2217)
Cambridge O Level Geography 2217 (2026 series), Theme 3: development indicators, globalisation, food production, industry, tourism, energy, water, and environmental risks of economic development, with the eight required case studies.
Geography · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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O Level Geography: Population and Settlement (Cambridge 2217)
Cambridge O Level Geography 2217 (2026 series), Theme 1: population dynamics, migration, population structure, density and distribution, rural and urban settlement, and urbanisation. Identical three-theme structure to Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460.
Geography · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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O Level Geography: The Natural Environment (Cambridge 2217)
Cambridge O Level Geography 2217 (2026 series), Theme 2: earthquakes and volcanoes, rivers, coasts, weather, and climate and natural vegetation. Identical three-theme structure to Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460.
Geography · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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OxfordAQA A-Level Geography: Globalisation and Global Systems (9635)
The dimensions and drivers of globalisation, and the form and consequences of global economic, political, social and environmental interdependence – 3.2.1.1 and 3.2.1.2 of OxfordAQA International AS and A-Level Geography (9635).
Geography · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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OxfordAQA IGCSE Geography: Living With the Physical Environment (9230)
Natural hazards, ecosystems and physical landscapes – the opening component of OxfordAQA International GCSE Geography (9230), a three-component, no-coursework syllabus.
Geography · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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OxfordAQA IGCSE Geography: Urban Issues and Challenges (9230)
Global urban growth, megacities, and London and New York as world cities – Section A: Urban Issues and Challenges, the opening section of Topic 2 in OxfordAQA International GCSE Geography (9230).
Geography · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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OxfordAQA International A-Level Geography: Physical Geography 1 – Living with Hazards (9635)
Hot desert systems and landscapes, and coastal systems and landscapes – the full content of Unit 1 for OxfordAQA International AS and A-Level Geography (9635).
Geography · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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Rivers: Drainage Basin Processes, Landforms and Flood Management
Hydrological characteristics of rivers and drainage basins, the processes of erosion, transportation and deposition, the landforms they create, and flood hazards and their management, for Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460, section 2.2.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Weather: Data Collection, Instruments and Interpreting Climate Graphs
The Stevenson Screen, named weather instruments and what each measures, calculations from weather data, and interpreting weather and climate graphs, for Cambridge IGCSE Geography 0460, section 2.4.
Geography · Cambridge · IGCSE