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unit 1 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| location | the site or position of a place |
| enviroment | surroundings in which people,plants, animals live |
| plain | large area of flat or nearly flat ground |
| barrier island | narrow island between the mainland and the ocean |
| aquifer | layer of rock or gravel that absorbs rain fall and keeps it flowing underground |
| basins | sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| drought | a period of lower than |
| erosion | wearing away earth surface by ice gravity raid |
| mesa | a small high plateau |
| butte | largflat top hill smaller than mesa |
| agribuisness | large scale farming including |