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16 Cards in this Set
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summit
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the highest point of a mountain or similar elevation |
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multilingual
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able to speak several languages |
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prevailing westerlies |
the constant flow of air from west to east in the temperate zones of the earth |
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fertile
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able to produce abundantly, rich in resources |
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estuary |
a flooded river valley at the wide mouth of a river; an inlet, or arm of the sea, where freshwater river currents meet saltwater |
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ore |
a rocky material containing a valuable mineral |
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moor |
broad, treeless, rolling land, often poorly drained and having patches of marsh and peat bog |
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bog |
an area of wet, spongy ground |
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glen |
a narrow valley |
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peat |
spongy material containing waterlogged and decaying mosses and plants, sometimes dried and used as fuel
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annex |
to formally incorporate into a country or state the territory of another |
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blight |
a plant disease |
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fjord |
a narrow valley or inlet from the sea, originally carved out by an advancing glacier and filled by melting glacial ice |
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geothermal energy |
energy from the earth's intense interior heat, which transforms underground water to steam that can be used to heat homes or to make electricity |
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mixed economy |
a system combining different degrees of government regulation |
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politically neutral |
not taking sides in disputes |
