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Vocabulary
Buttes
Steep sided hills located in the North Central
Plains.
Basin
A flat area, such as a desert or river basin.
Canyon
A deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
.
Drought
A long period where rain falls at a much lower rate than usual
.
Escarpment
A steep cliff
Fault
A crack in the crust of the Earth
Grasslands
Land covered with herbs rather than shrubs or trees.
Humid
Damp and moist
Llano Estacado
Staked Plains
Mesas
Large steep sided landforms with flat tops
Mountains
An elevation higher than a hill
Plains
A broad area of level or rolling treeless country
Plateau
A broad flat area of highlands
Prairie
A large area of level or rolling grasslands