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chapter 7 voc
Question | Answer |
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Barrier Islands | a long, sandy island that is near a shore |
Piedmont | lying or formed at the base of mountains |
Fall line | line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland and the limit of the navigability of each river |
Basins | : a large bowl that is used for mixing, cooking, or serving food |
Hot Spot | a place in the upper mantle of the earth at which hot magma from the lower mantle upwells to melt through the crust usually in the interior of a tectonic plate to form a volcanic feature; also : a place in the crust overlying a hot spot |
Natural Hazards | |
lichens | a type of small plant that grows on rocks and walls |
alluvial soils | soils deposited by streams or rivers are particulary productive. |
newsprint | the thin paper that is used for newspapers |