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Wadi
A riverbed that remains dry except during the rainy seasons.
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Warsaw Pact
A military alliance, now dissolved, consisting of the Soviet Union and the European countries of Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria.
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Water contact diseases
Water contact diseases acquired through swimming or wading in freshwater lakes, streams, and rivers.
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Waterhead
In attempting to control water for the generation of electricity or a gravity flow irrigation project, it is essential to pond up water in relative quantity so that there is an adequate force – Waterhead – to achieve the desired goal.
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Weather
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular location and time.
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Weathering
Physical and chemical processes that change rock characteristics on or near the earth’s surface, occurring slowly over many years.
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Welfare system
Welfare system: the way a government organizes assistance to its people, particularly the young, the elderly, the sick, and the unemployed.
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West
North American region, consisting of 13 states, stretches from the great plains to the pacific ocean and includes Alaska to the north and Hawaii.
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West Bank
In Israel, a strip of land on the west side of the Jordan river, originally controlled by Jordan, is part of the land set aside for Arab Palestinians.
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Western Wall
For jews, the holiest site in Jerusalem. The only remaining portion of the second temple, built in 538 B.C. And destroyed in a.d. 70 By the Romans.
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Wik Case
In Australia, the court ruled in this case that aboriginal people could claim land held under a pastoral lease.
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Winter monsoon
The season when dry winds blow from the northeast across the Himalaya mountains toward the sea from October through February, sometimes causing drought.
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Workforce
Workforce: all the people available to work in a country; all the workers employed by a particular factory or place of work.