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The Earth's Landscap
Unit 5: How the Earth's landscapes affect people
Term | Definition |
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landscape | the appearance of a piece of territory |
natural landscape | a piece of territory which has not been modified by humans |
humanised landscape | a piece of territory which has been modified by humans |
settlement | a place where people have come to live and make their homes |
rural landscape | a piece of territory modified by agricultural activities |
urban landscape | a piece of territory where the land is made flatter in order to construct buildings |
terraces | a method of culitvation on the slopes of the mountains consisting of different "steps" |
irrigation channel | a channel which supplies water to an area of land so that crops will grow |
rainforest | a forest in regions close to the Equator that have a lot of rain |
dense | containing a lot of things with little space between them |
lush | growing thickly and strongly |
emergents | very tall trees which form the top layer of the rainforest |
canopy | the middle layer of the rainforest, formed by trees whose crowns grow very close together |
forest floor | the bottom layer of the rainforest |
trunk | the thick main stem of a tree, that the branches grow from |
crown | the top of a tree formed by the branches |
plantation agriculture | a type of agriculture where plants are cultivated by multinational companies on large farms |
savannah | a wide flat open area of land in Africa, that is covered with grass but has few trees |
shrubs | a large plant that is smaller than a tree and that has several stems of wood coming from the ground |
deciduous tree | a tree that loses its leaves every year |
gallery forest | a forest along a river in a region otherwise devoid of trees |
steppe | a large area of land with short grass and few shrubs, especially in areas close to a desert |
thorny | having small sharp, pointed parts on the stem |
herd | a group of animals of the same type that live |
desert | a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it |
arid | having little or no rain; very dry |
oasis | an area in the desert where there is water and where plants grow |
sand dune | a small hill of sand formed by the wind in a desert |
pebble | a smooth, round stone that is found in or near water |
meadow | a field covered in grass, especially in areas with abundant precipitation |
beech | a tall forest tree with shiny leaves and small nuts |
heather | a low wild plant with small purple flowers, that grows on hills and areas of wild open land |
gorse | a bush with thin leaves with sharp points and small yellow flowers |
drought | a long period of time when there is little or no rain |
pasture | a land covered with grass that is suitable for feeding animals on |
livestock | all the animals kept on a farm |
lavender, rosemary, thyme | aromatic plants in mediterranean landscapes |
coniferous tree | a tree that produces cones and has leaves that do not fall off in the winter |
logging | the business of cutting down trees for their wood |
moss | a very small green plant without flowers that spreads over wet surfaces, rocks, trees, etc. |
tundra | the large, flat Arctic regions of northern Europe, Asia and North America where no trees grow and where the soil below the surface of the ground is always frozen |
lichen | a very small grey or yellow plant that spreads over the surface of rocks, walls and trees and does not have any flowers |