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Cordillera | A chain of mountains, usually the principal mountain system or mountain axis of a large landmass. Sentence:The Cordillera, which bounds them on the west, is formed of folded beds. |
Tundra | One of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. |
Prairie | An extensive, level or slightly undulating, mostly treeless tract of land in the Mississippi valley, characterized by a highly fertile soil and originally covered with coarse grasses, and merging into drier plateaus in the west. |
Glaciers | An extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers. |
Provinces | An administrative division or unit of a country. |
Sources | Dictionary.com sentence.yourdictionary.com |