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Chapter 15
North Africa
Term | Definition |
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Arid | Very dry, having almost no rainfall |
Desertification | A gradual transfermation from fertile to less productive land |
Alluvial Plain | Flat area of area of land next to a streamof river that floods |
Silt | Fine particle of soil deposited along riverbanks |
Irrigation | The process of redericting Water to crops through channels and ditches |
Petroleum | Raw materials used to make oil |
Non-renewable | Cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use |
Fault | Fracture in earth's crust |
Oasis | A fertile place with water in dry dessert area |
Qanat | A human-made underground tunnel on the Iranian plateau, used for carrying water from the mountains |