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Flashcards by Robin _MayFG, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Robin _MayFG
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| Question | Answer |
| Deforestation | Ontbossing-Clearance of large areas or forest |
| Equator | Evenaar-An imaginary line that divides the world in two halves |
| Heterogeneous forest | Heterogeen (loof)bos-A forest where all sorts of trees and plants grow together |
| Latitude | Breedteligging-The distance in degrees of a place from the equator |
| Layers | Etages-Different heights of tre crowns in a forest |
| Low latitude | Lage breedte-Indicates that a place is near the equator |
| Natural resources | Natuurlijke hulpbronnen-Products that occur naturally, which are useful to humans, such as tropical hardwood, gold, uranium, nuts and rubber |
| Population density | Bevolkingsdichtheid-The number of inhabitents per square kilometre |
| Slash-and-Burn agriculture | Kappen en platbranden landbouw-The creation of temporary (tijdelijke) fields in tropical rainforest in order to grow crops. When the soil (bodem) is exhausted (uitgeput) the fields are left and the forest returns. |
| Tropical rainforest | Tropisch regenwoud-A very dense forest in a warm and humid evironment (tropics) |
| Tropics | Tropen-A zone with a latitude between 23 1/2 North and 23 1/2 South |
| Tropical climate | Tropisch klimaat-Warm climate zone between 23 1/2 North and 23 1/2 South |
| Vegetation | Vegetate/plantengroei-All types of plants and tree lifes |
| Drift ice | Drijfijs-Pieces of floating ice in the sea of a polar region |
| High latitude | Hooge breedte-Describes a place far from the equator |
| Land ice | Landijs-A layes of perennial snow that has been into ice on the land |
| Permafrost | Permafrost-Ground that is always frozen |
| Perpetual snow | Eeuwige sneeuw-Snow that never melts |
| Sea ice | Zeeijs-Frozen seawater |
| Treeline | Boomgrens-An imaginary line between areas were trees grow and where trees do not gow |
| Tundra | Toendra-Land in the polar regions where grass, moss and low shrubs grow, but no trees |
| Altitude belt | Hoogtegordel-A mountain zone where vegetation grows |
| High mountain range | Hooggebergte-A range with mountains higher than 1500 m |
| Natural landscape | Nauurlandschap-A landscape that is still in its orgiginal state, untouched by humans |
| Man-made elements | Inrichtingselementen-Landscape elements made by humans, such as houses, roads, fields and grazing land, which you can’t move. |
| Barrage dam | Stuwdam-A dam that regulates the water level in a river |
| Desert | Woestijn-A very dry area where hardly anyrhing grows |
| (Desert) steppe | Steppe-A dry area that gets just enough rain for grasses and low shrubs to grow |
| Groundwater | Grondwater-Water that can be found in small openings in the ground |
| Internal migration | Binnelandse migratie-Moving from one part of the country to another |
| Irrigation | Irrigratie-A technique to lead water to agricultural land |
| Development aid | Ontwikkelingshulp-Aid that helps people for a long term |
| Emergency aid | Noodhulp-Aid to help people to survive famine or an other disaster |
| Nomads | Nomaden-People who do not live in the same place all the time |
| Climate | Klimaat-The average weather in a certain region over a long period of time |
| Climate diagram | Klimaat diagram-A diagram that shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place or region |
| Population concentration | Bevolkingsconcentratie-When lots of people live in certain areas |
| Population distribution | Bevolkingsspreiding-The spread of across a country or region |
| Precipitation | Neerslag-All the water (in liquid or solid form) falling out of the sky onto the earth (for example: rain, snow, hail) |
| Weather | Weer-Temperature, precipitation and wind at a certain time and place |
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