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US & Canada Ch1
vocabulary for US & Canada book chapter 1
Term | Definition |
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Rocky Mountains | largest mountain system in North America |
glaciers | huge slow-moving sheets of ice |
Great Lakes | the world's largest group of freshwater lakes |
tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
tundra | found in the far north; a cold, dry region that is covered with snow for more than half of the year |
permafrost | a layer of permanently frozen soil |
prairie | a region of flat or rolling land covered with grasses |
province | a political division of Canada |
alluvial soils | the fertile topsoil left by a river after a flood |
agribusiness | a large company that runs huge farms |
hydroelectricity | electric power generated by moving water |
fossil fuels | sources of energy that formed from animal and plant remains |