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Primary product

Geography; Geography

A product that is important as a raw material in developed economies; a product consumed in its primary (i.e., unprocessed) state (see Staple Product).

Primary sector

Geography; Geography

That portion of a region's economy devoted to the extraction of basic materials (e.g., mining, lumbering, agriculture).

Riparian rights

Geography; Geography

The rights of water use possessed by a person owning land containing or bordering a watercourse or lake.

Rainshadow

Geography; Geography

An area of diminished precipitation on the lee (downwind) side of a mountain or mountain range.

Riverine

Geography; Geography

Located on or inhabiting the banks or the area near a river or lake.

Resource

Geography; Geography

Anything that is both naturally occurring and of use to humans.

Rail gauge

Geography; Geography

The distance between the two rails of a railroad.

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