Match the terms to their definition. 1 . underground water sources aquifers 2 . a broad, triangular-shaped land area at the mouth of a river archipelago 3 . a group of islands clustered together in a large body of water delta 4 . a long period of dry weather resulting in water shortages desertification 5 . the scattering of a group of people outside of their homeland diaspora 6 . a change causing an area to become more arid drought

Aquifers: underground water sources. An aquifer is an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc

Archipelago: a group of islands clustered together in a large body of water. An archipelago is a group of many islands in a large body of water.

Delta: a broad, triangular-shaped land area at the mouth of a river. A delta is a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.

Desertification: a change causing an area to become more arid. Desertification is a geological process whereby the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land.

Diaspora: the scattering of a group of people outside of their homeland . Diaspora is defined as the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).

Drought: a long period of dry weather resulting in water shortages. Drought is defined as  a prolonged shortage of rainfall resulting in water shortages.

true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.