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Geo Chap 4
7th Grade Geography Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contiguous | joined together inside a common boundary |
| megalopolis | huge urban area made up of several large cities and nearby communities |
| prairie | rolling inland grassland region with fertile soil |
| cordillera | region parallel mountain chains |
| canyon | deep valleys with steep sides |
| navigable | referring to a body of water wide and deep enough for ships to use |
| glacier | giant sheets of ice |
| divide | the high point in a landmass that determines the direction rivers flow |
| constrain | limit |
| route | a journey |
| drought | long period of time without rainfall |
| tornado | severe windstorm that takes the form of a funnel-shaped cloud and often touches the ground |
| hurricane | wind system that forms over the ocean in tropical areas and brings violent storms with heavy rains |
| blizzard | severe winter storm that lasts several hours and combines high winds with heavy snow |
| diverse | varied |
| adapt | change |
| restore | return; to put or bring back into existence or use |