Term | Definition |
1.Megalopolis | A very large city;a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex. |
2.Mangrove | A tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas. |
3.Bayou | A marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or a river. |
4.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 plain. |
5.Sunbelt | The southern and southwestern states of the United States, from the Carolina s to southern California, characterized by a warm climate and, recently, rapid population growth. |
6.Humus | The organic material that results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay. |
7.Growing Season | In farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall. |
8.Grain Elevator | A tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain. |
9.Grain Exchange | A place where grain is bought and sold as a commodity. |
10.Tundra | A dry, treeless plain where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specialized plants can grow. |
11.Aqueduct | A large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance. |
12.Province | A territory governed as a political division of a country. |
13.Maritime | Boarding on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping. |
14.Lock | An enclosed section of a canal,in which a ship may be raised or lowered by rasing or lowering the level of the water in that section. |
15.Bedrock | The solid rock underlying the earth's surface |
17.Separatism | A movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group. |
18.Secede | To withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization. |
19.Customs | Fees charged by a government on imported goods. |
20.Tariff | A tax imposed by a government on imported goods. |
21.NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. |