Geography Vocab

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  1. 3. a large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washingtonn D.C.
  2. 4. a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern United States
  3. 6. an area in which fish or sea animals are caught
  4. 7. the removal of all trees in a stand of timber
  5. 10. the cultivation of seafood
  6. 12. a seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring
  7. 14. process by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water
  8. 20. a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States
  9. 21. elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
  10. 23. a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation
  11. 24. sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum
  12. 25. a channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water
  13. 26. the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
  14. 27. a member of the Arctic native peoples of North America
  15. 28. the source of a stream or river
  16. 29. precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids, wich kills wildlife and damages buildings, forests, and crops
  17. 30. musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rythms and European harmonies
Down
  1. 1. to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another
  2. 2. legal proceeding in which a borrower's rights to a property are relinquished due to his or her inability to make payments on the loan
  3. 5. one of the indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis
  4. 8. a boundary in the eastern United States where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
  5. 9. a partially self-governing country which close ties to another country
  6. 11. to change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country
  7. 13. a high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
  8. 15. a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
  9. 16. a network of safe houses in the United States that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
  10. 17. harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduced
  11. 18. economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
  12. 19. haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation which chemical fumes from automobile exhausts and other pollution sources
  13. 22. an American colonist who remained loyal to the British government