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An area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river |
Delta |
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A dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert |
Wadi |
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A large area of sand |
Erg |
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A person who lives by moving from place to place to follow and hunt herds of migrating animals or to lead herds of grazing animals to fresh pastures |
Nomad |
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A chemical salt used to make fertilizer |
Phosphate |
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An underground layer of rock through which water flows |
Aquifer |
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A name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt |
Pharoah |
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A sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times. |
Myrrh |
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The system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words |
Hieroglyphics |
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To change from one religion or belief to another |
Convert |
