Physical Geography of US & Canada

River or stream that flows into a larger river

• glacier

• tributary

• hydroelectricity

• alluvial soil

Major mountain range in western North America, where the Continental divide is

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Coast Ranges

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

A political division of land in Canada

• state

• permafrost

• prairie

• province

Fertile topsoil left after a flood

• alluvial soil

• prairie

• permafrost

• glacier

Electric power produced by moving water

• alluvial soil

• permafrost

• hydroelectricity

• glacier

A large company that runs huge farms

• tributary

• alluvial soil

• province

• agribusiness

Huge slow moving sheet of ice

• glacier

• hydroelectricy

• tributary

• alluvial soil

Permanently frozen layer of soil

• permafrost

• province

• state

• agribusiness

What is in between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains?

• Great Basin

• St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Great Plains

• Canadian Shield

The continental divide separates

• the Great Basin and Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay

• Lake Superior and Lake Erie

• east flowing from west flowing rivers