Chapt. 6/7 WG final
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- growing season
- the average number of days between the last frost of spring & the first frost of fall
- aqueduct
- large pipes that carry water over long distances
- silo
- tall, round, airtight builfings used for storing grain
- free enterprise
- allows individuals to own, operate, and profit from their own businesses
- suburbs
- the most residential areas on the outer edges of a city
- mangrove
- tropical trees that grown in swampy ground along coastal areas
- sunbelt
- band of southern states from the Carolinas to southern California
- grain elevator
- tall buildings equipped with machinery for loading, cleaning, mixing, & storing grain
- megalopolis
- very large city
- gross national product
- measure of the total value of all goods & services produced by a country in a year
- hinterlands
- areas that metropolises serve are quite large
- hierarchy
- rank according to their function
- grain exchange
- a place where buyers & sellers deal for grain
- bayou
- mashy inlets of lakes
- importance of rivers
- provides many excellent harbors