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Deforestation Ontbossing-Clearance of large areas or forest
Equator Evenaar-An imaginary line that divides the world in two halves
Heterogeneous forest Heterogeen (loof)bos-A forest where all sorts of trees and plants grow together
Latitude Breedteligging-The distance in degrees of a place from the equator
Layers Etages-Different heights of tre crowns in a forest
Low latitude Lage breedte-Indicates that a place is near the equator
Natural resources Natuurlijke hulpbronnen-Products that occur naturally, which are useful to humans, such as tropical hardwood, gold, uranium, nuts and rubber
Population density Bevolkingsdichtheid-The number of inhabitents per square kilometre
Slash-and-Burn agriculture Kappen en platbranden landbouw-The creation of temporary (tijdelijke) fields in tropical rainforest in order to grow crops. When the soil (bodem) is exhausted (uitgeput) the fields are left and the forest returns.
Tropical rainforest Tropisch regenwoud-A very dense forest in a warm and humid evironment (tropics)
Tropics Tropen-A zone with a latitude between 23 1/2 North and 23 1/2 South
Tropical climate Tropisch klimaat-Warm climate zone between 23 1/2 North and 23 1/2 South
Vegetation Vegetate/plantengroei-All types of plants and tree lifes
Drift ice Drijfijs-Pieces of floating ice in the sea of a polar region
High latitude Hooge breedte-Describes a place far from the equator
Land ice Landijs-A layes of perennial snow that has been into ice on the land
Permafrost Permafrost-Ground that is always frozen
Perpetual snow Eeuwige sneeuw-Snow that never melts
Sea ice Zeeijs-Frozen seawater
Treeline Boomgrens-An imaginary line between areas were trees grow and where trees do not gow
Tundra Toendra-Land in the polar regions where grass, moss and low shrubs grow, but no trees
Altitude belt Hoogtegordel-A mountain zone where vegetation grows
High mountain range Hooggebergte-A range with mountains higher than 1500 m
Natural landscape Nauurlandschap-A landscape that is still in its orgiginal state, untouched by humans
Man-made elements Inrichtingselementen-Landscape elements made by humans, such as houses, roads, fields and grazing land, which you can’t move.
Barrage dam Stuwdam-A dam that regulates the water level in a river
Desert Woestijn-A very dry area where hardly anyrhing grows
(Desert) steppe Steppe-A dry area that gets just enough rain for grasses and low shrubs to grow
Groundwater Grondwater-Water that can be found in small openings in the ground
Internal migration Binnelandse migratie-Moving from one part of the country to another
Irrigation Irrigratie-A technique to lead water to agricultural land
Development aid Ontwikkelingshulp-Aid that helps people for a long term
Emergency aid Noodhulp-Aid to help people to survive famine or an other disaster
Nomads Nomaden-People who do not live in the same place all the time
Climate Klimaat-The average weather in a certain region over a long period of time
Climate diagram Klimaat diagram-A diagram that shows the average temperature and precipitation in a place or region
Population concentration Bevolkingsconcentratie-When lots of people live in certain areas
Population distribution Bevolkingsspreiding-The spread of across a country or region
Precipitation Neerslag-All the water (in liquid or solid form) falling out of the sky onto the earth (for example: rain, snow, hail)
Weather Weer-Temperature, precipitation and wind at a certain time and place
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