Ch 5 Vocab

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Aquaculture

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The cultivation of aquatic animals or plants for food.

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Everglades

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A vast area of marshland and coastal mangrove in southern Florida, part of which is protected as a national park.

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Death Valley

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1.A deep arid desert basin below sea level in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, the hottest and driest part of North America. It contains the lowest point in the US

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great plains

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1.A vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains in North America that extend from the valleys of the Mackenzie River in Canada to southern Texas

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Newfoundland

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A large island off the eastern coast of Canada, at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.

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Yukon Territory

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territory in northwestern Canada, on the border with Alaska;

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fisheries

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A place where fish are reared for commercial purposes

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Fossil fuels

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A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

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Great Lakes

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1.A group of five large interconnected lakes in central North America

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Mississippi River

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: a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico

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Tributaries

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A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

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Appalachian Mountains

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1.A mountain system in eastern North America that stretches from Quebec and Maine in the north to Georgia and Alabama in the south

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Mt. McKinley

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a mountain in south central Alaska; the highest peak in North America