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14 Cards in this Set
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A high point or ridge taht determines the direction in which rivers flow.
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divide
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Source of a stream or river.
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Headwaters
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Smaller rivers and streams, connect with one of the large rivers.
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Trinutaries
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Marks the place where the higher land of the piedmont drops to the Atlantic Coastil Plain.
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fall line
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Coal, Petroleum, and natural gas are formed of this.
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Fossil Fuel
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Places for catching fish and other sea animals.
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Fishery
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The cultivation of seafood.
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Aquaculture
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Ocean storms hundreds of storms wide with winds of 74 miles per hour or more, can pround the region's coastlines.
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Hurricanes
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Mediterranean scrub vegetation
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Chaparral
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Treeless expanses of grasses
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Prairie
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Violent spring and summer thunderstorms.
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Supercells
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Elevation above which trees cannot grow.
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Timberline
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Dry wind
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Chinook
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Snowstorms with winds of more than 35 miles per hours, temp. below freezing, and visibility of less than 1320 feet for 3 hours or more
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Blizzard
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