Africa Vocabulary Words

Susan K.
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  1. oasis
    a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
  2. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
  3. irrigate
    supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
  4. fertile
    capable of reproducing
  5. valley
    a long depression in the surface of the land
  6. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  7. elevation
    distance of something above a reference point
  8. savanna
    a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
  9. nomad
    a member of a people who have no permanent home
  10. subsistence farming
    farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
  11. cash crop
    a cultivated plant that is grown to be sold for profit
  12. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  13. diversify
    vary in order to spread risk or to expand
Created on Sun Apr 14 14:25:46 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Apr 14 15:08:33 EDT 2013)

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