Week 6 Ch 11 Vocab

Front

Large banks of earth and stone holding back ocean water

Back

dikes

Front

Low-lying area drained of seawater for farmland

Back

Polder

Front

Process of glacier formation and spread

Back

glaciation

Front

Vegetation of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes

Back

chaparral

Front

Long steep-sided glacial valley filled with seawater

Back

fjord

Front

Strong, cold northwesterly wind in Rhone valley, southern France, mainly winter.

Back

mistral

Front

Mass of ice, snow, or rock

Back

avalanche

Front

A thick, year-round frozen soil layer in polar regions.

Back

permafrost

Front

Fine yellowish-brown topsoil of silt and clay carried by wind.

Back

loess

Front

A hot, dusty or rainy wind from North Africa to southern Europe.

Back

sirocco