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12 Cards in this Set
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huge slow moving sheets of ice
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glacier
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a stream that flows into a larger river
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tribuary
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the boundary that separates rivers flowing towards opposite sides of the continent
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continental divide
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area on the dry , sheltered side of a mountain that receives little rainfall
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rain shadow
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area between 23 1/2*N and 23 1/2*S lines of latitude
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tropics
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cold, dry region covered with snow for more than 1/2 of the year
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tundra
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permenantly frozen soil
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permafrost
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regions of flat,rolling land covered with grasses
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prarie
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a politcal division much like a state in the U.S.
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province
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fertile topsoil
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alluvial
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large companies that run huge farms
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agribusiness
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power genarated by moving water
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hydoelectricty
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