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Rugged areas of soft, sedimentary rock found in the Dakotas.
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What are the Badlands?
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home of indian reservations in North and South Dakota
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Strong, dry mountain winds that descend from the Rockies and effect the western portions of the Great Plains.
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What is a Chinook?
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dry mountain winds blowing from the Rockies across the Great Plains
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States across the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, & Texas where wheat is a major cash crop.
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What is the Wheat Belt?
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Breadbasket of the Interior West.
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Rows of trees planted in windy areas to block the wind & protect the soil.
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What is a Shelterbelt?
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Windrows of trees to prevent wind erosion.
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Irrigation in which large sprinkler systems mounted on huge wheels that rotate slowly are used to water crops.
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What is Center Pivot Irrigation?
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automated watering of crops
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Soil and rock are stripped away by large machines to get at surface coal.
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What is Strip Mining?
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Shallow mining of soft coal with earth moving machinery
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Laws requiring that mining companies recondition the land to its original state after mining minerals.
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What is Land Reclamation?
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a merger of conservation and primary industry
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The crest of the Rocky Mtns. that divide the rivers of North America into those flowing east, and those flowing west.
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What is the Continental Divide?
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The elevation on mountain slopes above which trees cannot grow.
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A town that once flourished but is deserted today, usually because of the nearby depletion of nearby resources like gold or silver.
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What is a Ghost Town?
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A town without resources and eventually people.
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A canal for carrying running water great distances for irrigation.
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What is an Aqueduct?
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1st used by the Romans
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A place name that may reflect the history or culture of a region.
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What is a toponym?
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Ex. Las Vega = The Meadows; Casa Grande - Grand House, Las Cruces - The Crossroads.
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