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11 Cards in this Set
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Butte
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A steep, narrow hill or rock with a flat top, like a mesa, but smaller
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Mesa
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A hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sided
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cloudburst
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A sudden, heavy rain
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rainshadow
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The drier side of a mountain
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arroyo
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A deep, water-carved gully or ditch
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reservoir
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A lake made by people to collect and store water
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irrigation
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The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to carry water to dry places
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pueblo
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An adobe village
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adobe
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A mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks
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land grant
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A gift of land given by the government
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nomad
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A person who has no permanent home and moves from place to place
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