Asia Geography Vocabulary
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 archipelago | a group of islands |
| monsoons | the winds that blow across East Asia at certain times of the year |
| typhoon | a violent tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western pacific. |
| deciduous | Trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season |
| import | something bought by one country from another country. |
| export | something sold to one country by another in trade. |
| aquaculture | the raising of plants or animals, such as fish or shellfish, in or at the bottom of the sea, a lake, a river, or other body of water |
| terrace | A flat strip of ground on a hillside used for growing crops |
| double cropping | Growing two crops on the same land in a single year |
| loess | brownish yellow fertile soil |
| fertile | able to produce good crops |
| plateau | an area of high, flat land |
| desert | an arid region with little or no vegetation |
| hydroelectricity | electric power produced by moving water |
| developed country | country that has a great deal of technology and manufacturing |
| developing country | a country that has low industrial production and little modern technology |
| peninsula | a large mass of land projecting into a body of water |
| population density | The average number of people in a square mile or square kilometer. |
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