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25 Cards in this Set
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Mount McKinley
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The highest mountain range in Alaska.
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Rocky mountains
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Grew as geological forces heaved slabs of rock upwards. They connect the United States and Canada.
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Canadian Shield
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A giant core of rock centered on the Hudson and James Bay, anchors the continent.
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Appalachian Mountains
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North America's oldest mountains.
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divide
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A high point or ridge that determines the direction in which rivers flow.
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Headwaters
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A source in the Rockies.
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Tributaries
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Smaller rivers and streams, connect with on of these two large rivers.
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Mississippi
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One of North America's longest rivers, it flows 2,357 miles from is source.
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Fall Line
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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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Great Lakes
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Glaciers that gouged the Canadian Shield and tore at the at the central section of the continent,leaving glacial basins that filled.
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Fossil fuels
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Coal, Petroleum, and natural gas are forms.
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fisheries
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places for catching fish and other sea animals.
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aquaculture
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fish farming, it has become a growing economic activity.
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everglades
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shelter a great variety of vegetation and wildlife
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hurricanes
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ocean storms hundreds of miles wide and winds up to 74 miles per hour or more- can pound the regions coastline
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Death valley
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has the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States 134F 57c
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chaparral
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Mediterranean scrub vegetation
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Great Plains
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in the center of the continent, has a humid continental climate with bitterly cold winters and hot summers
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prairies
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naturally treeless expanses of grasses, spread across the great plains of the continents midsection
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super cells
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often spawn tornadoes, twisting funnels of air with winds that can reach 300 miles per hour
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Timberline
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the elevation above which trees cannot grow, lichens and mosses grow.
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Chinook
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in early spring,a warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rockies, melting snow.
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blizzards
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winds of more than 35miles per hour, heavy or blowing snow, and visibility of less than 1,320 feet for more than three hours.
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Newfoundland
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is the easternmost province of Canada
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Yukon Territory
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is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories
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