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Chapter 7-8
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 river. |
Fall line | Imaginary line between the Appalachian mountains tains and the Atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations on coastal plains. |
Sunbelt | the southern and southwestern states of the united states, from the Carolinas to southern California, characterized by a warn climate and recently, rapid population growth. |
Humus | the organic material that result when plants, and animals that live in the soil die and decay. |
Growing Season | in the farming the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost of fall. |
Grain elevator | a tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing and discharging grain. |
Grain Exchange | a place where grain is bough 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 channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance |
Province | a territory governed as a political division of a country. |
Maritime | bordering on or near the sea; relating to navigation or shipping. |
Lock | an enclosed section of a canal, in which a ship may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section. |
Bedrock | the solid rock underlying the earths surface. |
Separatism | a movement to wing political, religious, or ethnic Independence from another group. |
Secede | to withdraw formally from a membership in a political or religious organisation. |
Customs | fees charged by a government on imported goods. |
Tariff | a tax imposed by a government on imported goods. |
NAFTA | north american free trade agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the united states Canada, and mexico. |