A deep narrow valley with steep sides

A deep narrow valley with steep sides.

Canyon

__ are underground layers of rock or sand that trap water.

aquifers

Dry land with little precipitation.

desert

A line that measures how far north or south from the equator a place is.

latitude

This river carved the Grand Canyon

Colorado River

To change in order to survive in the environment.

adapt

Lines of ___ measure how east or west from the Prime Meridian a place is.

longitude

A liquid fossil fuel often referred to as oil

petroleum

This “colorful” desert in found in northern AZ and NM.

The PaintedDesert

A long period of little or no precipitation.

drought

This desert is found in the southern part of Texas into Mexico.

ChihuahuanDesert

0 degrees longitude.

Prime meridian

A canal or pipe that carries water to cities and farms

aqueduct

Meridians are to longitude as __ are to latitude.

parallels

A deep narrow valley with steep sides found in Arizona.

Grand Canyon

A __ is a place where underground water reaches the surface.

Natural spring

Parallels are to latitude as __ are to longitude.

meridians

The Gulf ___ Plain is found along the Texas coast .

Coastal

A hill with a flat top, smaller than a plateau

Mesa

Longitude and latitude are measured in this unit.

degrees

The large desert found in southwest Arizona.

Sonoran Desert

A small flat topped hill

Butte

___ oil is petroleum that comes from the groud.

Crude

A special type of factory that turns crude oil into refined products like gasoline or heating oil.

refinery

0 degrees latitude.

The Equator

___ are man made substances that are produced from petroleum.

petrochemicals

90 degrees north.

The North Pole

This water feature separates Texas from Mexico.

The Rio Grande

The slow wearing away of the land by wind or water

erosion

The major plateau found in the southwest in part of AZ and NM.

ColoradoPlateau

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AUSTIN

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RIVERCOLORADO

RIVER

PLAINGREAT PLAINS

CAPITAL

SANTA FE

DESERTSONORAN

RIVER

RED RIVER

STATEOKLAHOMA

DESERTPAINTEDDESERT

DESERTCHIHUAHUAN

DESERT

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CANYON

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STATE

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