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17 Cards in this Set
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Mississippi River |
transport farm and industrial products- the most famous river |
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Coastal Range |
Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast fertile valleys |
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Missouri River |
transport farm and industrial products- longest river |
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Basin and Range |
Located west of the Rockey Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada and the Casades. Varying elevations with isolated mountain Ranges- Death Valley- lowest point in North America |
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Ohio River |
Gateway to the west |
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Rocky Mountains |
Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range. Rugged Mountains that stretch from Alaska to almost Mexico; high elevations. Continental Divide- determines which direction rivers flow
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Columbia River |
Explored by Lewis and Clark |
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Great Plains |
Located west of Interior Lowland and east of the Rocky Mountains |
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Colorado River |
Explored by the Spanish (Corando) |
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Interior Lowlands |
Located west of the Appalchian Mountains and east of the Great Plains. Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys and grassy hills |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Highway for explorers, early settlers,and later immigrants |
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Appalachian Highlands
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Located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes the Piedmont
Old eroded mountains Oldest mountain range in North America |
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Pacific Ocean
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Early exploration destination
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Coastal Plains
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Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Broad lowlands that provide many excellent harbors |
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Gulf of Mexico |
provided the French and Spanish with an exploration route to Mexico and America |
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Canandian Shield |
Wrapped around Hudson Bay in horseshoe shape Hills worn by erosion and hundreds lakes carved by glaciers |
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Great Lakes |
Inland port cities grew here in the middle |
