crops grow in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.where后边是定语从句吗?

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crops grow in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.where后边是定语从句吗?
live是不及物动词定语从句不应该是in which once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live

where作关系副词,在这里相当于in which,是地点副词,用来修饰areas,areas是先行词.