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Ch. 15 Sect. 1 Vocab
Southwest Asia & North Africa Geography & History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arid | very dry, having almost no rainfall |
| desertification | a gradual transition from fertile to less productive land |
| alluvial plain | a flat area of land next to a stream or river that floods |
| silt | fine particles of soil deposited along riverbanks |
| irrigation | the process of redirecting water to crops through channels and ditches |
| petroleum | raw material used to produce oil |
| nonrenewable | cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use |
| fault | a fracture in Earth's crust |
| oasis | a fertile place with water in a dry desert area |
| qanat | a human-made underground tunnel on the Iranian Plateau, used for carrying water from the mountains |