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Silt: Small particles of rich soil.
AlluvialPlain: Area built up by rich fertile soil fertile soil left by river floods.
SedimentaryRock: Type of rock formed when layers of sediment, or dirt from the ocean floor, are compressed together and harden.
Phosphate: Chemical salt used to make fertilizer.
Poaching: Illegal fishing or hunting.
Refinery: Facility that turns petroleum into gasoline and other products.
Intense: Existing in a strong believe.
Expose: To put on display; to leave without shelter or protection.
Wadi: Dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert.
Erg: Large areas of soft sands and dunes in the Sahara.
Oases: Fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available.
Steppe: Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert.
Nomad: Person who lives by moving to place to place to follow herds or migrating animals that they hunt or to lead herds of grazing animals to fresh pasture.
DryFarming: Agriculture that conserves water and uses crops and growing methods suited to semiarid environments.
Aquifer: Underground layer of rock through which water flows.
Rationing: Making a resource available in limited amounts.
Desalinization: Process of treating seawater to remove salts and minerals and make it drinkable.
Sparse: Few or scattered.
Adequate: Enough to satisfy a particular requirement.
North Africa, Southwest Asia, & Central Asia.
1. REG
Large areas of soft sands and dunes in the Sahara.
2. EEYFIRRN
Facility that turns petroleum into gasoline and other products.
3. ACPGINHO
Illegal fishing or hunting.
4. LNIAILPULLVAA
Area built up by rich fertile soil fertile soil left by river floods.
5. IDWA
Dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert.
6. NITRGINOA
Making a resource available in limited amounts.
7. SAOES
Fertile area that rises in a desert wherever water is regularly available.
8. DCEASKYENIRTOMR
Type of rock formed when layers of sediment, or dirt from the ocean floor, are compressed together and harden.
9. THPAEPHOS
Chemical salt used to make fertilizer.
10. NRYAGMIFDR
Agriculture that conserves water and uses crops and growing methods suited to semiarid environments.
11. ESPPET
Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert.
12. SEXEOP
To put on display; to leave without shelter or protection.
13. SADINZEOTLAINI
Process of treating seawater to remove salts and minerals and make it drinkable.
14. ODNAM
Person who lives by moving to place to place to follow herds or migrating animals that they hunt or to lead herds of grazing animals to fresh pasture.
15. LTSI
Small particles of rich soil.
16. QUAATEED
Enough to satisfy a particular requirement.
17. QUFARIE
Underground layer of rock through which water flows.