(Encyclopedia) river, stream of water larger than a brook or creek. Land surfaces are never perfectly flat, and as a result the runoff after precipitation tends to flow downward by the shortest and…
(Encyclopedia) Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean.
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The Arctic basin was…
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Alberta
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[key], province, 255,285 sq mi (661,188 sq km), including 6,485 sq mi (16,796 sq km) of
water surface, W Canada.
Alberta…
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