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chapter 17
vocablary
Term | Definition |
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alluvial plain | an area built up by rich fertile soil left by a river |
oasis | a fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available |
wadi | a dry riverbed that fills up with water when rare rains fall in the desert |
semiarid | having lower temperatures and cooler nights than hot, dry deserts |
vary | to show difference between things |
polytheism | the belief in more than one god |
millennium | 1,000 years |
monotheism | the belief in one god |
covenant | an agreement with God |
prophet | messenger of God |
expand | to spread out to grow larger |
collapse | a sudden failure, breakdown, or ruin |
hydropolitics | the politics surrounding water access and usage rights |
fossil water | water that fell as rain thousands of years ago and is now tapped deep below the ground |
widespread | commonly occurring |