At the founding, America adopted the Western concepts of civil marriage and family, in which the mother played the primary role (shared with the father) in nurturing children, with the formation of character and moral values as essential objectives.
Tundra climate, major climate type of the KÃ¶ppen classification characterized by sub-freezing mean annual temperatures, large annual temperature ranges (but not as large as in the adjacent continental subarctic climate), and moderately low precipitation.
Noun. 1. tundra-a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen. champaign, plain, field-extensive tract of level open land; they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain; he longed for the fields of his youth. Translations.