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100
Large raised areas of mostly flat land.
What are plateaus?
100
The height of land above sea level.
What is elevation?
100
A steep cliff.
What is an escarpment?
100
A deep trench
What is a rift?
100
Rock filled rapids.
What is a cataract?
200
Physical features that make it difficult to travel or transport goods from one region to another.
What are transportation barriers?
200
Tiny bits of rock and dirt that build up on the bottoms of rivers and lakes.
What is silt?
200
Contains substances that plants need in order to grow well.
What is fertile?
200
Small rivers and streams that flow into a larger river.
What are tributaries
200
Artificial watering of crops.
What is irrigation?
300
A place where springs and fresh underground water make it possible to support life in a dry region.
What is an oasis?
300
A region of tall grasses.
What is a savanna?
300
People who move to various places to make a living.
What are nomads?
300
When farmers grow just enough crops to support one's family.
What is subsistence farming?
300
A crop raised to be sold for money on the world market.
What are cash crops?
400
The four largest rivers in africa.
What are the Nile, the Congo, the Niger, and the Zambezi Rivers?
400
The longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
400
The world's largest desert.
What is the Sahara Desert?
400
Continent that is more than 3 times bigger than the United States.
What is Africa?
400
North, West, East, and Central and Southern are the four regions of what continent?
What is Africa?