21 Terms
Contributors in Geography
Geography
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.
