Vocabulary Flashcard Chap. 15 and 16

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A fracture in Earth's crust

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fault

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Resource that cannot be reproduced quickly enough to keep pace with its use.

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nonrenewable

Front

the redirecting of water to crops using channels and ditches

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irrigation

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a flat area of land located next to a stream or river that floods

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alluvial plain

Front

fine particles of soil in river water that eventually settle

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silt

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a raw material that forms in deposits beneath the earth's surface

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petroleum

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climate that is very dry, without rain

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arid

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an underground tunnel to carry mountain waters to dry plains

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qanat

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low-lying land formed from sediment, which lies next to a river that is subject to flooding

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floodplain

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a coffin used to bury Pharaohs in Egypt

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sarcophagus