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rainfall
the amount of rain that falls, for example in a month or in a year
arid
dry
prone to
tending to have a particular negative characteristic
drought
a long period without rain
tundra
area in the north with no trees and permanently frozen ground
vegetation
plant life
coniferous
trees that are evergreen and produce cones
prairies
flat grasslands in Canada and northern USA
evergreen
a tree that does not lose its leaves in the winter and stays green all year round
deciduous trees
trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year
paddy fields
fields planted with rice growing in water
cereals
type of grass cultivated to produce a grain, i.e. a food plant like rice, wheat or maize
tend
to take care of
developed
with a modern, industrial economy
manufacturing
producing goods in large numbers
at the forefront
in an important position
generates
produces; creates
developing countries
describes a country that is poor and does not have a modern, industrial economy
are descended from
are related to someone who lived in the past
indigenous
existing naturally in that place
ancestors
relatives from earlier times
migrants
people who move to live in another country or another part of their own country
settled
made their homes
emigrant
someone who leaves one country to settle in another
immigrant
someone who comes to live in a different country
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