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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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