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Ch. 7&8 Vocab.
W. Geo.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mangrove | A tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along a coastal area. |
| Bayou | A marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or 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 California 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 farming days between the last frost of spring and he 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. |
| Megalopolis | A very large city; a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex. |
| Province | A territory governed as a political division of a country. |
| 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. |
| Maritime | Bordering on or near a sea; relating to navigation or shipping. |
| Bedrock | The solid rock underlying the earth's surface. |
| Seperatism | A movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group. |
| Secede | To withdraw formally from 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 . |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. |