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Ch. 3 Sect. 1 Vocab
North America Geography & History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| contiguous | connected in one block |
| temperate | mild, in terms of climate |
| glacier | a large mass of ice and packed snow |
| export | to send to another country for aid or profit |
| drought | a long period with little or no precipitation |
| commercial agriculture | the business of producing crops to sell |
| cordillera | a system of several parallel mountain ranges |
| rainshadow effect | process in which moist air rises up a mountain range and then cools and falls as precipitation, leaving the other side of the range mostly dry |
| dam | a barrier that controls the flow of water |
| peninsula | a body of land surrounded on three sides by water |
| subsistence farming | farming to grow only enough food for families to eat, not to sell |
| aquifer | a layer of rock beneath Earth that contains water |
| cenote | an underground pool of water |
| sustainable | capable of being continued without damaging the environment or using up resources permanently |