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CH. 5 PHYSICAL GEO OF THE US

Teacher: Coach Moody
Horizontales
A channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water.
Agent who contracted with Mexico to settle families in Texas.
Chemical product derived from petroleum or natural gas.
Industries involved in the production, distribution, and marketing of farm products, supplies, and equipment.
A network of safe houses in the US that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom.
A religious settlement.
A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface.
Region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs.
A mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, which kills wildlife and damages buildings, forests and crops.
A resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains.
Verticales
A high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow.
To withdraw
A boundary in the eastern US where higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
Process which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water.
A concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern US.
Public lands set aside for Native American settlements.
A manufacturing plant owned by a foreign company
The removal of all trees in a stand of timber.
A blast of cold northern air that sweeps across the plains, causing winter temperatures to drop below freezing.
The creation of a variety of businesses and industries to fuel economic growth.
A large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washington DC.
The source of a stream or river
A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
A farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on natural precipitation.
Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources.
To change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country.