the organic material that 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 of fall
mangrove
a tropical tree that grows in swampy ground along coastal areas
megalopolis
a very large city
grain elevator
a tall building equipped with mach
bayou
a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake or river
sunbelt
the southern and southwestern states of the united states, from the carolinas to the southern california,characterizedby a warm climate and , recently, rapid population growth
aqueduct
fall line
imaginary line between appalachian mountains and the atlantic coastal plains, where rivers and streams form waterfalls ahnd rapids as they descend from higher to the coastal plains
