VOCABULARY
ESCARPMENT- STEEP CLIFF DROUGHT- A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE NO RAIN FALLS. BUTTES - STEEP SIDED HILLS MESAS- LARGER LANDFORMS WITH FLAT TOPS LIANO ESTACADO- STEAKED PLAIN CACTI- A TYPE OF DESERT PLANT THAT CAN GROW IN EXTREME HEAT MESQUITE- A TYPE OF DESERT TREE THAT CAN LIVE IN THE DESERT. RIVER- is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, OR sea. BASIN- A region drained by a river and its tributaries. PLAIN- An extensive, level, usually treeless area of land
DESERT- A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation. MOUNTAIN- A generally massive and usually steep-sided, raised portion of the Earth's surface. REGION- A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space; area. GRASSLAND- An area that is dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
ESCARPMENT- STEEP CLIFF DROUGHT- A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE NO RAIN FALLS. BUTTES - STEEP SIDED HILLS MESAS- LARGER LANDFORMS WITH FLAT TOPS LIANO ESTACADO- STEAKED PLAIN CACTI- A TYPE OF DESERT PLANT THAT CAN GROW IN EXTREME HEAT MESQUITE- A TYPE OF DESERT TREE THAT CAN LIVE IN THE DESERT. RIVER- is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, OR sea. BASIN- A region drained by a river and its tributaries. PLAIN- An extensive, level, usually treeless area of land
DESERT- A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation. MOUNTAIN- A generally massive and usually steep-sided, raised portion of the Earth's surface. REGION- A large, usually continuous segment of a surface or space; area. GRASSLAND- An area that is dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.