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15 Cards in this Set
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to produce
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Continential Divide
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imaginary line that runs north to south along the peaks of the Rocky Mountains; seperates rivers that flow west and east
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Pike's Peak
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A mountain of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado; site of a gold rush in 1839
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San Luis Valley
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in Colorado; a desert-like climate
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Mesa Verde
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Anasazi lived here; "green table"
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homage
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respect; honor
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Great Salt Lake
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in Northern Utah; Largest inland body of salt water in Western Hemisphere
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Yellowstone National Park
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oldest national park in the US; in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
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cavern
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cave
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vegetation map
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shows kinds of plant life that grows throughout an area
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slag
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skimmed off the top of the liquid
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smelting
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process of using high temperatures to seperate pure metals from rock
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timberline
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the point above which it is too cold for trees to grow; around 11,500 feet
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geyser
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kind of hot spring that releases jets of stream and water; Old Faithful
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Grand Teton National Park
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in Wyoming; has buffalo, elk, antelope
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