Glossary geography 2

Temperature:The degree of hotness of a body,substance,or medium.
Oases:A fertile patch in a desert occurring where the water table appoaches o reaches the ground surface
Precipitation:Rain,snow,sleet,dew,etc,formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere.
Settlement:The establishment of a new region;colonization.Livestock:Cattle,horses,poultry, and similar animals kept for domestic use but not as pets.
livesstrock: animals kept for domestic use but not as pets.
tundra: high alitude zone covered by ice and composed by small plants. Its fauna is made up of birds and insects.   
Flood: the inundation of land that is usualy dry. 
Hurricane: destructive storm
Scrub: an area of arid land covered with such vegetation.
Desesrt: a region with no vegetation due to low rainfall.
Crub : an area of arid land covered with such vegetation.