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Lesson 9 - Geography
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adapt | to adjust to new conditions |
| arable | suitable for planting |
| barren | unable to produce anything |
| contour | outline of a figure; shape |
| cutlivate | to prepare and use land to raise crops |
| deciduous | shedding leaves at the end of the growing season |
| dense | close together, thick |
| devastate | destroy, ruin |
| diverse | varied, different |
| famine | having no food; time of starving |
| fault | a break in the earth's crust |
| foliage | leaves of a plant; greenery |
| import | to bring in from another country for sale |
| irrigate | to water farm land with a system of ditches or by using sprinklers |
| metropolitan | of a large city |
| precipice | a very steep face of a rock; cliff |
| residential | having to do with homes or houses |
| semiarid | having little rainfall |
| survey | to measure for size, shape and boundaries |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger body of water |