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Unit 2 Chapt 1 Geogr
12 words from Sections 1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountains | the major mountain range of western North America |
| glacier | huge-slow moving mass of snow and ice |
| Great Lakes | the world's largest group of fresh water lakes |
| tributary | a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
| permafrost | permanently frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil |
| tundra | a cold, dry region covered in snow for more than half the year |
| prairie | a region of flat or rolling land covered in grasses |
| province | a political division of land in Canada |
| alluvial soil | fertile top soil left by a river after a flood |
| agribusiness | a large company that runs huge farms |
| hydroelectricity | electric power produced by water |
| fossil fuel | a fuel formed over millions of years from animal and plant remains. |