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world geo
chapters 7 and 8 chapter vocab!!!!
Term | Definition |
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megalopolis | a very large city;a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex |
mangrove | a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas |
bayou | a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or a river |
fall line | imaginary line between the appalachian mountains and the atlantic coastal plain where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plains |
sunbelt | the southern and southwestern states of the united states from the carolinas to southern california characterized by a warm climate and recently rapid population growth |
humus | the organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay |
growing season | in farming the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall |
grain elevtor | a tall building equipt with machinery for loading,cleaning,storing,and discharging grain |
grain exchange | a place where grain is bbought and sold as a commodity |
tundra | a dry treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow |
aqueduct | a large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance |