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Ice Age
Geography; Geography

A time of widespread glaciation.

Orographic rainfall
Geography; Geography

Precipitation that results when moist air is lifted over a topographic barrier such as a mountain range.

Piedmont
Geography; Geography

Lying or formed at the base of mountains; in the United States, an area in the southern states at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Overburden
Geography; Geography

Material covering a mineral seam or bed that must be removed before the mineral can be removed in strip mining.

Physiographic region
Geography; Geography

A portion of the Earth's surface with a common topography and common morphology.

Outwash
Geography; Geography

Rocky and sandy surface material deposited by meltwater that flowed from a glacier.

Panhandle
Geography; Geography

A narrow projection of a larger territory (as a state).

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