Southeast Vocab Flashcards
Learn the vocabulary from the Southeast region.
A ______ is the starting point of a river.
source
A ______ is the place where a river empties into a larger body of water.
mouth
A ______ is a low flat area covered with water.
wetland
A ______ is an area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
peninsula
A ______ is a wall of earth built along a river to keep it from overflowing onto land.
levee
A ______ is a natural resource that can be replaced, such as trees or water.
renewable resource
______ is a fuel, commonly called oil, that forms underground from dead plants.
petroleum
A ______ is a factory that turns crude oil into useful products such as heating oil, gasoline, plastics, and paint.
refinery
A ______ is a thing found in nature that cannot be replaced, such as coal.
nonrenewable resource
A ______ is a form of a language spoken in a certain place by a certain group of people.
dialect
______ is the practice of keeping racial groups separate.
segregation
