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Unit 2 Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountains | Largest mountain system in North America |
| Glacier | Huge, slow-moving sheets of ice. |
| Great Lakes | Worlds largest group of freshwater lakes |
| Tributary | A stream or river that flows into a larger river |
| Agribuiessness | A large company that runs large farms |
| Hydro electricity | Electric power prodused by moving water |
| alluvual soil | Fertille top soil left by a river, ecpesially after a flood |
| Fossil fuel | A fuel formed over milloins of years from animal and plant remains |
| Tundra | a cold, dry regoin covered with snow for half the year |
| Perma Frost | a permanently frozen layer of ground below he top layer of soil |
| Prarie | a regoin of flat or rolling land covered in grasses |
| Province | a political division of canada |