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Unit 2- Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountains | mountain range in western North America |
| glacier | huge slow moving mass of snow and ice |
| Great Lakes | the worlds largest groups of freshwater lakes |
| tributary | a river or steam that flows into a larger river |
| tundra | a cold dry region covered with snow for more than half of the year |
| permafrost | a permanently frozen layer of the ground below the top layer of the soil |
| prairie | a region of flat or rolling land covered with grasses |
| province | a political division of land in Canada |
| alluvial soil | fertile topsoil left by a river, especially after a flood |
| agribusiness | a large company that runs huge farms |
| hydroelectricity | electric power produced by moving water |
| fossil fuel | a fuel formed over millions of years from animal and plant remains |