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6th Grade
03/01/2019

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Archipelago[image]
Definition

A group of islands

Southeast Asia includes numerous archipelagos that connect Asia to Australia and other Pacific island nations.

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Climate[image]
Definition
The average condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of months or years as defined by temperature, wind velocity and precipitation.

the Mediterranean region has a warm, subtripocal climate.
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Continent[image]
Definition
A continuous mass of land, none of six or seven great divisions of land on the planet.
South America is one of Earth's seven continents.
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Elevation[image]
Definition
The height above the level of the sea.
Europe has relativity low elevations, except for the Alpine mountain system that runs west-to-east.
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Savanna[image]
Definition
A tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees and drought resistant growth
Below the Sahara the continent receives more rain, and the landscape gradually changes to savanna.
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Taiga[image]
Definition
A belt of mostly coniferous, or needle-bearing evergreen trees, which begins in Scandinavian and covers much of Siberia.
The taiga is the primary source of Europe's lumber.
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