Geography Glossery

1. Small amounts of water are allowed to drip from pipes and are positioned, along, above or beneath rows of crops.
2. The process of the land or soil becoming salty.
4. Measures taken to reduce floods or eliminate floods altogether, as with dams.
5. Plant life.
6. A climate zone that receives less than an average 250 mm rainfall a year. Evaporation is very high in hot deserts.
8. A major river of South Asia, that begins in glaciers in the Himalayas.
10. A period/season in a location’s yearly weather cycle that experiences heavy rainfall. This is in contrast to a ‘dry season’ which has decreased amounts of rainfall.
11. A major river in Bangladesh.
12. Is the process where water changes from a gaseous state to a liquid state.
14. Crops are flooded with water and then drained.
16. A human-made device to produce a well from an artesian basin/aquiferBlue water Fresh water rivers, lakes, dams and aquifers.
19. A half of the Earth; usually divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, but can also be western and eastern.

1. A process whereby land becomes increasingly arid as a result of the diminishing of water bodies and vegetation.
3. The interior of a country or region.
7. Water available for plant growth as soil moisture. Almost all the world’s natural vegetation and most of its agriculture, depend on soil moisture.
9. Coastal regions where the effects of the ocean influence rainfall and temperatures and are characterised by low but consistent rainfall throughout the year.
13. Commonly accepted unit of measure assigned to things of value.
15. How far north or south of the Equator a location is. Changes in latitudes also can influence climates.
17. The process where the ground can no longer absorb any more moisture and excess water runs across the surface of land and flows into streams, rivers, ponds, lakes and dams.
18. A large mountain range in South Asia extending across 2400 kilometres through Pakistan, India, Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan. Mt Everest is located in the Himalayas.