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13 Cards in this Set
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Mount Mckinely
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the highest point in the Alaska range and on the continent
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Appalachian Mountains
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North America's oldest mountains
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tributaries
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smaller rivers and streams
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Missisipi River
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one of North America's longest rivers that starts in Minnesota and empties into the Gulf of Mexico
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Great Lakes
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large lakes that were formed by glaciers
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Fossil fuels
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a resource formed in the earth by plant and animal remains
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fishery
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areas in which fish or sea animals are caught
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aquaculture
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fish farming
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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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Death Valley
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where the highest temperature in the United States was recorded
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Great plains
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a region in the center of the continent that has a humid continental climate with better 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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a subartic territory where the newfoundland extends to
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