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Arroy

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A deep gully cut by a stream that flows only part of the year; a dry gulch. A term normally used only in desert areas.

Ash

Geography; Geography

Fragments less than (about 1/8 inch) in diameter of lava or rock blasted into the air by volcanic explosions.

Alluvia

Geography; Geography

Clay, silt, gravel, or similar detrital material deposited by running water.

Anthracite

Geography; Geography

A hard coal containing little volatile matter.

Crop-lien system

Geography; Geography

A farm financing scheme whereby money is loaned at the beginning of a growing season to pay for farming operations, with the subsequent harvest used as collateral for the loan.

Culture

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The accumulated habits, attitudes, and beliefs of a group of people that define for them their general behaviour and way of life; the total set of learned activities of a people.

Coulee

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A dry canyon eroded by Pleistocene floods that cut into the lava beds of the Columbia Plateau in the western United States.

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