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| acclimate |
to become used to a new climate or situation. [2 definitions] |
| Arabian |
of, pertaining to, originating in, or characteristic of Arabia or its desert climate. [1/4 definitions] |
| carboniferous |
(cap.) of, relating to, or designating the geological time period between the Devonian and Permian of the Paleozoic Era, from approximately 350 million to 280 million years ago, when the warm damp climate produced many forests that later formed rich coal deposits. [1/3 definitions] |
| climate change |
any significant change in Earth's climate capable of causing cataclysmic events such as the mass extinction of species. [2 definitions] |
| fundament |
the geographic features of a region, such as elevation, climate, soils, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| geography |
the science of the earth's surface, including its physical features, climate, resident populations, political divisions, agriculture, natural resources, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| inequality |
variability, as of climate or character. [1/5 definitions] |
| inhospitable |
of a place or climate, not offering shelter or a favorable condition or aspect; barren; forbidding. [1/2 definitions] |
| macroclimate |
the climate of a very large region such as a nation. |
| meteorological |
of or pertaining to the atmosphere, weather, or climate. [1/2 definitions] |
| microclimate |
the climate of a small, specific, or partial area rather than that of the whole, as of a city or greenhouse. (Cf. macroclimate.) |
| migrate |
to change habitat or location periodically as in response to changes in climate or employment opportunities. [1/2 definitions] |
| paleoclimate |
the earth's climate in a former geologic time period. |
| physical geography |
the branch of geography concerned with the earth's land masses, oceans, and climate, and the distribution of plant and animal species. |
| physiography |
the science that deals with the natural features, structure, and phenomena of the earth's surface, such as climate and the distribution of plants and animals; physical geography. |
| rigor |
severity or harshness of living conditions, climate, or other circumstances. [1/6 definitions] |
| the1 |
used before nouns of climate or natural forces when these concepts are seen as universally identifiable. [1/11 definitions] |
| the tropics |
the region of the earth that lies above and below the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, known for having a hot climate. |
| tropic |
(often cap.; usu. pl.) the region around the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, characterized by a hot climate. [1/3 definitions] |
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