| A | B |
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| arable | agricultural land that is suitable for growing crops |
| archipelago | a string of many islands in a large body of water |
| catchment | land areas from which water drains to a river or lake |
| commercial agriculture | the growing of crops or raising of livestock for sale, rather than for personal consumption |
| continent | one of the seven great main land masses on the Earth |
| drainage basin | the area of land that feeds a river with water |
| global cities | large cities that have emerged as great concentrations of economic power where many decisions affecting the global economy are made |
| hinterland | the area influenced by a town or city |
| industrialisation | the growth of large-scale machine production and the factory system |
| megacity | a large city with a population of more than ten million |
| monsoon | the seasonal change in wind direction that is experienced in much of the tropics |
| Pacific Rim | the countries that border the Pacific Ocean |
| primate city | a city large enough to dominate the trade and financial flows of a whole nation |
| rainshadow | the drier side of a mountain protected from the rain-bearing winds |
| rural-urban migration | a trend that sees increasing numbers of a country's people moving from rural areas to the cities in search of employment and services |
| subsistence farming | the growing of products mainly for consumption by the farmer and the farmer's dependents |
| tributary | a stream or river that feeds into a larger stream or river |
| transnation corporations (TNCs) | companies or organisations which possess and control the means of production, (factories, mines, farms, banks), outside their own country |
| unique | unlike anything else; the only on of its type |
| urbanisation | the process by which the proportion of a country's population in urban areas increases |
| Asia Pacific | The regions on the west side of the pacific ocean from NZ to Japan |
| Built Environment | any human addition to the land surface |
| Endemic | Native to a particular area and found nowhere else |
| Renewable Resource | Resources like wind and solar power that renewed themselves all the time |
| Weathering | The breakdown of bare rock by water and temperature changes |
| World Heritage List | a list of areas designated as being of global importancefor conservation and study |
| Monotremes | Mammals that lay eggs; the only species are the platypus and echidna |
| Monsoon | The seasonal change in the wind direction that is experienced in much of the tropics |
| Climate | the long term variation in the atmosphere, mainly relating to temperature and precipitation |
| Deposition | when the flow of rivers, glaciers or winds slows down and the rock and soil particles are put down on the ground |
| Drainage Basin | An area of land with rivers that drained the water out of it |
| Dreaming | The dream time , Aboriginal stories how the world began |
| Drought | A time of very low rainfall |
| Erosion | Wearing away of soil and rock by water , ice and rain |
| Fault Mountains | When layer of rock breaks and one side moves up and the other move down |
| Fold Mountains | When layers of rocks are folded into wave shapes |
| Ice Age | A time when the earth was colder with lots more glaciers |
| Marsupials | Animals that have tiny babies that develop in the mother's pouch |
| mass movement | When rocks and soil moves downwards |
| nomads | People who moves from place to place to find food |
