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Southwest Asia Terms
Vocabulary from SW Asia
Term | Definition |
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Alluvial Plain | an area built up by rich fertile soil left by river floods |
wadis | a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert |
semi arid | having lower temperatures and cooler nights than hot,dry deserts |
vary | to show differences between things |
oasis | a fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available |
polytheism | the belief in more than one god |
monotheism | belief in only one god |
millenium | a period of a thousand years |
expand | to spread out; to grow larger |
collapse | a sudden failure, breakdown, or ruin |
widespread | commonly occurring |
hydropolitics | the politics surrounding water access and usage rights |
fossil water | water that fell as rain thousands of years ago and is now trapped deep below ground |