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Unit2- Geography
Unit2 - Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountains | the major Mountain range in western North America |
| Glacier | a huge slow moving mass of snow and ice |
| Great Lakes | the worlds largest group of freshwater lakes |
| Tributary | a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
| Tundra | a cold dry region covered with snow more than half the year |
| Permafrost | a permanently frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil |
| Province | a political division of land in Canada |
| Prairie | a regoin of flat or rolling land covered with grasses |
| alluvial soil | fertile topsoil left by a river especially left after a flood |
| agribusiness | a company that runs huge farms |
| hydroelectricity | electric power produced by moving water |
| fossil fuel | a fuel formed over millions of years fromed from animal and plat remains |