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13 Cards in this Set
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Mt. McKinley
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Highest Point in North America, located in Denali Park, Alaska
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Appalachian Mountains
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mountain system in North America
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Tributaries
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smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river
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Mississippi River
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-river in the central United States that rises in Minnesota and flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
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Great Lakes
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Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior
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Fossil fuels
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a resource formed in the earth formed by plant and animal remains
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Fisheries
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areas (freshwater or salt water) in which sea animals are caught
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Aquaculture
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the cultivation of seafood
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Everglades
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wetlands and swamps in Florida that shelter a great variety of vegetation and wildlife
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Aquaculture
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desert on the California-Nevada border where the highest temperature in the United States was recorded
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Great Plains
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has a humid continental climate with bitterly cold winters and hot summers
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Newfoundland
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where a band of coniferous and mixed deciduous and coniferous forests are
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Yukon Territory
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Lands along the artic coast that fall into the Tundra climate zone
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