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Ch. 3 Vocab
Ch. 3 Geography Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plains | a wide area of flat or gently rolling land. |
| physical geography | the physical features of th eearth's surface. |
| human geography | the feautures of th earth that are created or changed by humans. |
| setttlement | a place where people live. |
| tributary | a stream that flows into a larger larger stream or body of water. |
| subregion | a smaller region inside a geographical region. |
| escarpment | a cliff or abrubt break in the land. |
| growing season | the average number of days between the lost killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of fall. |
| steppe | a vast, treeless plain. |
| aquifer | an underground layed of porous rock, gravel, or sand containing water that may rach the surface through springs or wells. |
| metropolitian area | a city and all the areas around it that depend on the central city. |
| suburb | a smaller city outside of a larger community. |
| industry | the activity of making and preparing goods for sale. |
| per capita income | the average income per person per year ina given area. |
| heritage | beliefs or customs that peole get from their ancestors. |
| Rio Grande | the longest river in Texas. |
| Roy Bedichek | a UIL drector, secretary of the young mens buisness league. |
| Coastal Plains Region | includes about 1/3 of Texas. Extends east and south from the Balcones Esarpment, the Gulf of Mexico. SUbregions- Blackland Prarie, Piney Woods, Post Oak Belt, Gulf Coastal Plains, South Texas Palin. Major Cities- Dallas, Temple, Austin, San Antonio. |
| North Central Plains Region | a series of land belts extending north and south through the north-central part of the state. Subregions- Rolling Plains, Cross TImbers, Grand Prarie. Wichta Fallss, Ft. Worth, Abilene |
| Great Plains Region | has three subregions. Two are plateuas. High Plains, Edwards Plateau, Llano Basin. Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland, Odessa |
| Mountains and Basins Region | a part of Texas that is made up of tall mountains aeperated by large basins, or closed valleys. No subregions. El Paso |
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