Term | Definition |
Megalopolis | a very large city; a region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas, considered to be a single urban complex |
Mangrove | a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas |
Bayou | a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or a river |
Fall Line | imaginary line between the appalachian mt. and the atlantic coastal plain, where rivers and streams form waterfalls and rapids as they descend from higher elevations to the coastal plain |
Sunbelt | the southern and southwestern states of the us from carolinas to southern cali., characterized by a warm climate and, recently, rapid population growth |
Humus | the organic material the results when plants and animals that live in the soil die and decay |
Growing Season | in farming, the average number of days between the last frost of spring and the first frost af fall |
Grain Elevator | a tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, storing, and discharging grain |
Grain Exchange | a place where grain is brought and sold as a commodity |
Tundra | a region where temperatures are always cool or cold and only specilized plants grow |
Aqueduct | a large pipe or channel designed to transport water from a remote source over a long distance |
Province | a terrirory governed as a political division of a country |
Maritime | bordering on or near the sea, relating to navigation or shipping |
Lock | an enclosed section of a canal, in which a ship may be raised or lowered by raising or lowering the level of the water in that section |
Bedrock | the solid rock underlying the earths surface |
Separatism | a movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from anouther group |
Secede | to withdraw formally from membership in a political or religious organization |
Customs | fees charged by a government on imported goods |
Tariff | a tax imposed by a government on imported goods |
NAFTA | North America Free Trade Agreement, which phased out trade barriers among the United States, Canada, and Mexico |