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the removal of salt from sea water to make useable for drinking and farming.
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an effect that causes the prevaling winds to blow diagnally rather than along strict north-south or east-west winds
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a periodic reversal of pattern of ocean currents and water tempatures in the mid pacific ocean.
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dry area found on the leeward side of the mountian range.
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permantly frozen layer of soil benithe the suface
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Piles of rocky debris left by melting glaciers
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A proccess by which mountians can form as sea plates dive beneath continental plates
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A slow proccess in which a sea plate slides under a continental plate, causing debris that can cause continents to grow outward
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Fine yellowish-row top soil made up of particles of silt and clay, usually carried by the wind
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Facing away from the direction in which the wind is blowing
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Type of vegetation made up of dense forests of shubs and short trees, comon in Mediteraninan climate.
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Trees that have cones and needle shaped leaves, including mant evergreens that that keep there foilage throghout the winter
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A scientific explanation for an event
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A frequently windless area near the equator
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Underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel.
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A bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by plate movements
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haze caused by the interaction ultra violet solar radiation with chemical fums from automobile exhuast and other pollution resorses.
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The theory that at one time the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.
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