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Glossary
Glossary
arid very dry emission releasing or precipitation rain, snow,
discharging something sleet, hail
coastal along the shore of like a gas
an ocean or sea (may also tide the rising and falling
be in the ocean near the erode wear away land by of the ocean along the
land) wind and water shore; there are usually
two high tides and two
conservation authority floodplain low-lying land low tides in 24 hours, or
agencies that manage the near a body of water that one day
local watershed (an area tends to flood easily
of land and its streams
and rivers that all flow inland away from the
to the same water body, coast, nearer the centre of
such like a lake, ocean, or a country or area
big river) mitigate to make the
effects of something less
embankment a wall of
earth or stone built to stop severe
river flooding
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