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12 Cards in this Set
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chinook
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warm wind that melts snow at the the base of the Rocky Mts.
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typhoons
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pacific hurricanes
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mesa
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flat-topped natural elevation
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hurricane
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ocean storms in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico hundreds of miles wide with winds of 74mph
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blizzard
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snowstorms with winds in excess of 35mph, temps. below freezing, and visibility of less than 500ft
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continental divide
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a line that separates the rivers that flow toward opposite ends of a continent
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tornadoe
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swirling columns of air whose winds can reaach 300mph
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plateaus
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vast, high-level surfaces
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timberline
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the elevation above which trees cannot grow
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headwaters
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water sources of rivers
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tributary
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or brooks, rivers and streams that feed their waters into one river
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fishery
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places for catching fish and other water animals
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