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Geo Chap 4
7th Grade Geography Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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contiguous | joined together inside a common boundary |
megalopolis | huge urban area made up of several large cities and nearby communities |
prairie | rolling inland grassland region with fertile soil |
cordillera | region parallel mountain chains |
canyon | deep valleys with steep sides |
navigable | referring to a body of water wide and deep enough for ships to use |
glacier | giant sheets of ice |
divide | the high point in a landmass that determines the direction rivers flow |
constrain | limit |
route | a journey |
drought | long period of time without rainfall |
tornado | severe windstorm that takes the form of a funnel-shaped cloud and often touches the ground |
hurricane | wind system that forms over the ocean in tropical areas and brings violent storms with heavy rains |
blizzard | severe winter storm that lasts several hours and combines high winds with heavy snow |
diverse | varied |
adapt | change |
restore | return; to put or bring back into existence or use |