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14 Cards in this Set
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A high point or ridge that determines the direction in which rivers flow.
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Divide
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A source.
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Headwaters
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Smaller rivers and streams.
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Tributary
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Marks the place where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plains.
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Fall line
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Coal, petroleum, natural gas.
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Fossil Fuels
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Places for catching fish & 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.
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Hurricane
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Medetirranean scrub vegetation.
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Chaparral
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Naturally treeless expanses of grasses.
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Prairie
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Great plain; East US; violent spring & summer thunderstorms.
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Supercell
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Elevation above which trees cannot grow.
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Timberline
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Early spring; warm, dry wind.
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Chinook
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Severe winds 3.5 mph
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Blizzard
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