| A | B |
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| mesa | A hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sides. |
| nomad | A person who has no permanent home but moves from place to place. |
| pueblo | An adobe village. |
| society | A group of people who have many things in common. |
| rain shadow | On a mountain, the drier side that receives little or no precipitation. |
| arroyo | A deep water-carved gully or ditch. |
| butte | A steep hill or rock with a flat top, like a mesa but smaller. |
| adobe | A mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks. |
| mission | A religious settlement. |
| reservation | Land set aside by the government for use by American Indians. On them Indians govern themselves. |
| cloudburst | A sudden, heavy rain. |
| aqueduct | A large pipe or structure built to carry water. |
| migrant worker | Someone who moves from farm to farm with the seasons, harvesting crops. |
| sand dune | A hill-like mound formed by blowing sand. |
| evaporation | The process of the sun's heat turning water into a gas form. |
| prediction | Looking at the way things are and saying what you think will happen in the future. |
| oasis | An area in a desert where there is water. |
| desalinization | The process of removing salt from water. |
