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SW Asia Geography
Unit 2
description | term |
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a wet, fertile area in a desert that is fed by underground water | oasis |
Underground water that is not being replaced by enough rainfall | fossil water |
Supplying water to crops using a fresh source of water | irrigation |
Fertile soil that is deposited on the banks of rivers | silt |
More than what is needed | surplus |
Not enough for all wants and needs | scarcity |
Another name for SW Asia | Middle East |
Sunny, dry, and barren climate zone that gets less than ten inches of rain a year | desert |
People groups who often move from place to place. | nomads |
The practice of farming for the growing of crops and/or raising animals to provide food, wool, and other products | agriculture |
Growing just enough food to feed yourself and your family | subsistence farming |
Very dry. Think the desert. | arid |
An area that gets a lot of rain | humid |
A mostly dry region that gets more rain than a desert. | semi-arid |
an area that has warm temperatures | tropical |
An area with temperatures that change from cool and cold to warm and sometimes hot, but generally in the middle of the two extremes. | temperate |
areas that experience cold to very cold temperatures a large part of the year | polar |
Lakes created by dams where water is stored. | reservoirs |
The process of removing salt and other chemicals from seawater | desalination |
Large scale farming for the purpose of selling your produce to others. | commercial agriculture |
When there is few of something in an area. Similar to scarce. | sparse |
Land that can be farmed easily. | arable land |