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Prairie
An area of tall grass in the middle latitudes composed of rich soils that have been cleared for agriculture.
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Prairie provinces
In Canada, the provinces west of Ontario and Quebec-Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.
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Precipitation
Falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
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Primate city
A city that dominated a country’s urban scene is usually defined as larger than its second and third largest cities combined.
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Prime Meridian
The imaginary line at zero meridians is used to measure longitude east to west and divide the earth’s east and west halves.
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Prime minister
The head of a government. The majority party’s leader in parliament.
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Privatization
The selling of government-owned businesses to private citizens.
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Producers
(Self-feeders) In a food chain, organisms produce their own food (mostly green plants).
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Projection
The distortion is caused by the transfer of three-dimensional space on Earth’s surface to the two dimensions of a flat map.