Geography Key

Landforms	Climate	Natural Resources	Potluck
Colorado River	hot and dry	oil gusher	Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
the wearing away of soil or rock by wind or water.	growing crops that don't need much water and using rain collection for watering crops.	A town that grows in population very suddenly because of one or more new businesses in the town.	Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona
hiking, rafting, photographing, exploring, etc.	adaptations	refined (cleaned out in a refinery)	Santa Fe, New Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Mesa= flat topped hill; Butte=flat topped landform smaller than a mesa' Canyon = steep and deep valley	aquifers	paint, ink, medicines, fertilizers	Santa Fe, New Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
the Colorado River eroding the Colorado Plateau	The area of the Southwest that was affected by huge dust storms that were caused by drought and bad farming practices.	electricity, solar power, hydrogen cell fuel, recycled vegetable oil	Santa Fe, New Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma