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ch. 7&8 vocabulary
world geography
Term | Definition |
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megalopolis | a very large city. |
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 plain. |
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 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 bought 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. |
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 earth's surface. |
separatism | a movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group. |
secede | to withdraw formally form membership in a political or religious organization. |
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 State, Canada, and Mexico. |