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14 Cards in this Set
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high point or ridge that determines the direction in which rivers flow
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divide
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or source
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headwaters
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smaller rivers and streams
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tributary
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marks a place where higher land of the peidmont drops to the lower
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fall line
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coal pertroleum and natural gas
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fossil fuels
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places for catching fish and other sea animals
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fishery
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fish farming
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aquaculture
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ocean storms that have 74 mph or more
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hurricane
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mediterranean scrub vegitation
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chapparl
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natural treeless expanse of grassland
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prairie
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violent spring and summer storms
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supercell
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the elevation above which trees cannot grow
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timberline
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warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slope of the rockies
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chinook
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wind 35 mph heavy or blowing snow visibility 1320 feet
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blizzard
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