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Cards to help me out with the lesson.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute location | Location description using longitude and latitude. |
| Aquifer | A layer of rock that holds water underground. |
| Arid | Lacking moisture, dry. |
| Basin | Land drained by a river system. |
| Conterminous | Contained in the same boundaries. |
| Cultivate | To prepare land for planting crops. |
| Drought | A prolong period of below average precipitation |
| Ecosystem | A community of living things that depend in each other in order to function as a unit. |
| Erosion | The process of breaking down, as in the break down of rock by wind and water. |
| Folklore | Traditional beliefs, myths, tales and practices of a people. |
| Organic | Material derived by other organisms. |
| Physical feature | The natural land forms and characteristics of a place. |
| Physio-graphic Region | Land regions that were formed by similar geologic processes |
| Precipitation | The amount of water in the air that falls to earth as rain or snow. |
| Primary soucrce | Something made or written by some one who was there at that time. |
| Relative location | Location description of using a places location relative to other places. |
| Sediment | Material such as sand and stones deposited by water. |
| Shelterbelt | A barrier of trees and shrubs that protect against the wind and reduces erosion. |