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Chapter 17 Geography
Term | Definition |
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Navigable | Deep and wide enough to allow ships to pass. The Vermilion River is not navigable. |
Hub | a central point of concentrated activity and influence. Madrid is the hub of Spain. |
Renaissance | a period of time when a renewed interest or rebirth of something occurs. There was a renaissance in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. |
Tsunami | giant sea waves. Tsunamis can have waves as tall as tall buildings |
Dry Farming | a farming technique that leaves land unplanted every few years in order to gather moisture. Dry farming can grow wheat or barley. |
Seismic Activity | somewhere where there are many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Apennine Mountains experience seismic activity. |
Graben | areas of land that have dropped down between faults. The Aegean Sea to the east of the Greek mainland occupies a graben. |
Plume | a cluster of distinctive feathers usually used for clothing. The man had an ornamental plume clothed around his head and neck. |
Sirocco | hot, dry winds from northern Africa. Siroccos occur in parts of southeastern Spain. |
Subsidence | a geological phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks. Venice faces problems of subsidence. |
Inhabitable | suitable to live in or habitable. Anything near a nuclear test site is not inhabitable. |
Columnar Rocks | Hexagonal rocks formed from lava. As lava cools to form basalt, it may crack into a hexagonal or other shape and form columns. |