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Vocabulary Chapter 2
Section 1, 2, 3, 4
| Vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| Section 1 | |
| Petrochemical | substance made from petroleum or natural gas |
| Alluvial soil | soil that has been deposited from river (running) water |
| Section 2 | |
| Butte | a flat - topped hill, smaller than a mesa |
| Agribusiness | large-scale commercial farming |
| Section 3 | |
| Drought | dry period in which little, if any, precipitation falls, often causing extensive damage to crops |
| Erosion | the wearing away of the earth's surface by the movement of water, wind, ice, and gravity |
| Section 4 | |
| Basin | a sunken area in plateau found between mountain ranges |
| "Maquiladoras" | factories in Mexico that assemble parts made in United States |