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Prentice Hall Ch 7 Vocab
Ch 7 regions of the US
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Geography
9th Grade
08/07/2009

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humus
Definition
dark-colored organic material
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fall line
Definition
area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coastal plain
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mangrove
Definition
tropical swampland tree
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grain exchange
Definition
place where buyers and sellers deal for grain
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tundra
Definition
dry, treeless plain that sprouts grasses and mosses only in summer, when the top layer of soil thaws
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grain elevator
Definition
tall building equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, mixing, and storing grain
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bayou
Definition
The ____ region of Louisiana is often pictured in movies as mysterious, mossy swampland.
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mangrove
Definition
Tropical ____ trees grow in the swampy ground along riverbanks in the South.
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Sunbelt
Definition
The southern states stretching from southern California to the Carolinas are known as the ____.
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megalopolis
Definition
The area of high population density that stretches from Boston to Washington, D.C., is a(n) ____.
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growing season
Definition
A region’s ____ is the average number of days between the last spring frost and the first fall frost.
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aqueducts
Definition
Large pipes built to carry water to arid regions are called ____.
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