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16 Cards in this Set
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Allegheny Mountains |
Curves through Central PA |
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Laurel Highlands |
Contains some of PAs highest elevations |
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Mt. Davis |
PAs highest point at 3213 feet |
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Pocono mountains |
Located in the north east part of our state |
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Plateau |
Land that is a higher than the surrounding area can be level or quite rugged |
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Reservoir |
A human made lake in which water is held back by a dam |
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Johnstown |
Famous for big floods that occurred throughout its history |
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Pittsburgh |
Second largest city in the in PA located around three reservoirs, nicknames include steel city Bridges; 446 an important transportation Center (highways, rail roads, airports, and rivers) |
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Inclined plane |
A sloping ramp upward and downward in which heavy loads can be raised or lowered by a rope or cable |
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Coal patch |
Small town set up by coal mine owners for coal miners |
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Cargo |
Goods carried by ships, truck, railroad, or airplane |
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Inland ports |
Located on waterway and products in containers can be transferred back-and-forth ships to railroads, vans, trucks, and airplanes |
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Allegheny Plateau |
Johnstown and Pittsburgh; water gap national, Allegheny national forest, P Creek Gorge Allegheny reservoir Covers more than half state |
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Heritage |
Something passed down from past generations |
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Johnstown major product |
Soft coal; One product shipped on the inland waterways |
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Pittsburgh is known for |
Iron, steel, glass |
