Chapter 5

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in Alaska, is the highest mountain peak in North America and in the United States, with a summit elevation of 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level.

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Mt. McKinley

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are a system of mountains in eastern North America

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Appalachian Mountains

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is a stream or river that flows into a main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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Tributaries

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is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, it rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2,530 miles (4,070 km)

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Mississippi River

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are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada–United States border which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway

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Great Lakes

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are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms.

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Fossil fuels

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a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery

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fisheries

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also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants.

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Aquaculture

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are a natural region of subtropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed.

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Everglades

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is a desert valley located in Eastern California. Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in North America

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Death Valley

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are a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.

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Great Plains

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is a large Canadian island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Newfoundland

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is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River.

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Yukon Territory