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22 Cards in this Set
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Four factors that influence the distribution of climates in the U.S
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Middle-lattitude location
Prevailing winds Ocean Currents High Mountain Ranges |
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long narrow islands created by the depositing of sand in shallow water
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Barrier Islands
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Area at on near the foot of a mountain region
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Piedmont
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Boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plain
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Fall line
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Mountains that stretch from Alabama to southeastern Canada and include the Blue Ridge, Catskill, and Green Mountains
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Appalachian Mountain
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Lower area of land, generally surrounded by mountains
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Basin
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Place at which the lowest point in North America is found
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Death Valley
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Tectonically active region along the edges of the Pacific
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Ring of Fire
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place where magma wells up to the surface from Earth's mantle
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Hot spot
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Crest of the Rockies that divides North America's major river systems into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward
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Continental Divide
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What Ocean is the Gulf Stream in?
Atlantic or Pacific? |
Atlantic
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Name 2 states that have the highland climate.
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Idaho and Oregon
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2 states with an arid climate
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New Mexico, Arizona
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2 states with a marine west coast climate
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California Washington
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4 states with humid suptropical climate
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Georgia, Tn, Ky, South Carolina
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5 states with humid continental climate
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New york, Michigan, Vermont, Massachusetts, Illinois
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Capital of Canada
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Ottawa
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Crest that divides North America's Major River systems from East to West
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Continental Divide
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Characteristic of what Climate zone? summers-hot humid, winters- mild. Rainfall dist. evenly
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Humid suptropical
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summers-warm, humid
winter-cold, snowy |
Humid Continental
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summer-mild sunny
winter cool, wet. no snow only rain |
Marine west coast
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Summers- long sunny dry
winters-mild |
Mediterranean
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