Definitions
Dams generate this which is power generated by moving water.
What is hydroelectricity?
This is the zone that is cold and dry for most of the year.
What is the tundra?
This is the tallest mountain range in the United States.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
This is the largest group of freshwater in the world.
What is the Great Lakes?
This factor accounts for being farther away or closer to the equator.
What is latitude?
The topsoil that is left by rivers after a flood is called this.
What is alluvial soil?
This is the zone located along the Northeast coast that features frequent precipitation and mild weather.
What is the forest?
This is the second largest mountain range in the United States.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
This is the river that allows the Great Lakes to flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
This factor accounts for how mild or extreme the temperatures are around a country. This factor corresponds to an overall area.
What is the size of a region?
The boundary that separates rivers flowing toward opposite sides of the continent that is located by the Rocky Mountains
What is the Continental Divide?
This is the flat rolling land zone with mild temperatures that make it good for growing things.
What is a prarie?
This is the region of rocky terrain in Canada that makes it almost impossible to grow plants.
Because Canada is farther from this, its climate is colder than in the United States.
What is the equator?
This is the landform that often blocks a part of a region from getting rain while the other part gets a large amount of rain.
What is a mountain?
A stream that flows into a larger river.
This is the dry semiarid region that features very little plant life.
What is the desert?
This has the tallest peak in all of Canada.
United States is the second largest producer of one of these.
What is petroleum, natural gas, coal, or ore?
This uses wind to blow cooler air to different places to keep the climate mild in an area.
What is an ocean?
This is the term for the dry side of a mountain when it rains.
What is a rainshadow?
This is the soil that is permanently frozen but thaws slightly during the summer to allow plants to grow.
What is permafrost?
The hottest place in North America is this.
What is Death Valley?
The area that is between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south that is almost always warm along the southern tip of Florida and Hawaii.
What is the tropics?