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Alluvial plain
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a floodplain on which a river has deposited rich soil, such as the Gangetic Plain
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Archipelago
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a group or chain of islands
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Biomass
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plant and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel energy
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Buffer state
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the neutral territory between rival powers
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Cash crop
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farm products grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family
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Cordillera
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a system or group of parallel chains or ranges of mountains together with the intervening plateaus and other features
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Cottage Industries
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a business or manufacturing activity carried out, usually exclusively, in a person's home
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Cyclone
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a storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric pressure; another name for a tornado
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Deciduous
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falling or shedding leaves seasonally or periodically; trees such as oak or maple, which lose their leaves in the autumn
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