United States and Canada Geography
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| an imaginary line in the Rockies from where our nation's rivers flow east or west | Continental Divide
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| a deep valley with high, steep sides | canyon
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| a flat or rolling grassland found in the midwestern region of the US | prairie
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| a large urban area formed by several cities | megalopolis
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| a frozen, treeless plain where only grasses and mosses can grow (in the Arctic) | tundra
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| a large mass of ice | glacier
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| a river or stream that flows into a larger river | tributary
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| the exact location expressed by latitude and longitude | absolute location
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| an imaginary line, or parallel, that runs east and west, but measures north and south of the equator | latitude
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| an imaginary line,or meridian, that runs north and south, but measures east and west of the prime meridian | longitude
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| the main line of latitude, labeled 0 degrees, divides earth into northern and southern hemispheres | eguator
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| main line of longitude, labeled 0 degrees, divides earth into eastern and western hemispheres | prime meridian
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| describes the location of a place in relation to another place (Ex. north of the US) | relative location
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| the way a country's people use natural resources and money to produce goods and services | economy
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| a method of supplying land with water through a series of ditches or pipes | irrigation
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| a shortage of goods or services | scarcity
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| electricity made from flowing water | hydroelectric power
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| materials found in nature that can be replaced | renewable resources
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| dry | arid
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| materials found in nature that can't be replaced | nonrenewable resources
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| moisture that falls to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, hail, or snow | precipitation
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| a long period of little of no rainfall | drought
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| mild weather that is neither too hot nor too cold, has changing seasons | temperate climate
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| the gradual increase of the Earth's temperature, threatens our environment | global warming
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