geography cocab Flashcards
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steppe
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a large area of flat unforested grassland
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tundra
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a vast, flat, treeless arctic region that is permanently frozen.
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taiga
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the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes
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highland
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high or mountainous land
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marine west coast
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a biome characteristic of being located mid-way between the tropics and arctic or antarctic regions of the world, most often between 35 and 60 degrees north.
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desert
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a dry, barren area of land, especially one covered with sand, that is characteristically desolate, waterless, and without vegetation.
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mediterranean
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of or characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea, the countries bordering it, or their inhabitants.
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