Chapter 4 East of the Mississippi River Vocabulary

a small section of a larger section with special features that make it unique

• subregion

• tributary

• fall line

• region

canals and gated passageways

• levee

• lock

• tributary

• plain

embankments to control flooding and reduce damage

• lock

• levee

• tributary

• subregion

small waterways that feed into a larger waterway

• levee

• lock

• tributaries

• river

flat lowland stretching from the NE US to Mexico made of sandy sediment

• coastal plain

• levee

• subregion

• fall line

area where waterfalls flow from a higher to lower ground

• coastal plain

• lock

• levee

• fall line

living or occurring naturally in a particular place

• indigenous

• original

• isolated

• colonist

people who live in a new place and claim land for their home country

• indigenous

• colonist

• soldiers

• mission

the business of growing crops or raising livestock for sale

• migration

• immigration

• industry

• agriculture

to move from one country to another to live permanently

• migration

• immigration

• colonist

• industry