| A | B |
|---|
| mangrove | tropical tree with its roots above and beneath water |
| savanna | tropical grasslands scattered with trees |
| cacao | beans from this are used to make chocolate |
| compound | group of houses surrounded by a wall |
| drought | extreme shortage of water in a given area |
| desertification | where areas are becoming deserts |
| cassava | plant root similiar to a potato |
| canopy | umbrella like forest covering |
| basin | broad flat valley |
| tsetse fly | insect that causes a deadly disease called sleeping sickness |
| coral | hard, rocklike materials made of skeletons of small sea animals |
| fault | crack in the earth |
| escarpments | steep cliffs |
