Spanish Civilization

  1. afluente
    tributary
  2. cadena montañosa
    mountain chain
  3. caudal
    volume of water flow in a river
  4. corto recorrido
    short length (of a river)
  5. cuenca
    basin
  6. declive
    slope
  7. desembocadura
    mouth of a river
  8. desembocar
    flow into
  9. enmarcada
    framed
  10. fachada
    front
  11. giran en torno
    they are around
  12. islote
    islet, small rocky island
  13. macizo
    massif (dictionary.com: 1. compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits 2. large elevated block of old complex rocks resistant to both erosion and crustal folding 3. ban or zone of the earth's crust raised or depressed as a unit and bounded by faults.
  14. pendiente
    slope
  15. pico
    peak
  16. planicie
    plain
  17. planicie
    plain (also see llano)
  18. poco caudalosos
    (rivers) that carry a small volume of water
  19. precipitaciones
    precipitation
  20. reborde
    edge
  21. ría
    inlet of the sea
  22. sierra
    mountain range
  23. vertiente mediterránia
    Mediterranean watershed
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Spanish Civilization
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Chapter 1, Spanish Geography
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