1. Rapid Urbanization. 1  The concentration of people in cities is another source of environmental problems. Due to extreme concentration of people, the ecology cannot absorb waste products. Whenever people become concentrated in small areas, pollution and waste will also be concentrated.
Synonyms and Antonyms of altiplano. a broad flat area of elevated land a cold wind from the Andes swept across the altiplano Synonyms plateau, mesa, table, tablelandRelated Words butte, dome, height, highland, upland; karoo (or karroo), puna.
Alta California. 1. a former Spanish colony of New Spain, in the modern-day states of California, Nevada, and N Arizona: ceded by Mexico to the United States 1848. Also called Upper California. Two years ago,â said the âAlta Californiaâ in 1851, âtrade was a wild unorganized whirl.