Geography Chapter 4 Vocab

Smaller part of a region

• Subregion

• Lock

• Tributary

• Levee

Gated passageway used to raise or lower boats in a waterway

• Subregion

• Lock

• Tributary

• Levee

Small river that flows into a larger river

• Subregion

• Lock

• Tributary

• Levee

Raise riverbank used to control flooding

• Levee

• Lock

• Tributary

• Subregion

Flat lowland along a coast

• Fall Line

• Coastal Plain

• Hurricane

• Indigenous

Area where waterfalls flow from higher to lower ground

• Hurricane

• Indigenous

• Fall Line

• Coastal Plain

storm with strong winds and heavy rains

• Coastal Plain

• Fall Line

• Hurricane

• Indigenous

Living or existing naturally in a particular place

• Coastal Plain

• Indigenous

• Fall Line

• Hurricane

People sent to live in a new place and claim land for their home country

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Colonists

• Metropolitan

Growing crops and raising livestock

• Agriculture

• Colonists

• Industry

• Metropolitan