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17 Cards in this Set
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Atlantic Ocean |
Highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants |
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Pacific Ocean |
Early exploration destination |
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Mississippi River |
Transport farm and industrial products- The most famous river |
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Missouri River |
Transport farm and industrial products- The longest river |
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Ohio River |
Gateway to the west |
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Columbia river |
Explored by Lewis and Clark |
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Colorado River |
Explored by the Spanish (Coronado) |
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Rio Grande River |
The border between Mexico and the USA |
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St.Lawrence River |
Northeastern border with Canada connects the Great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean |
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Gulf of Mexico |
Provided the French and Spanish with an exploration route to Mexico and America |
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Great Lakes (Homes) |
Inland port cities grew here in the midwest. Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior |
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Coastal Range |
Rugged Mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from Californa to Canada Fertile valleys |
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Basin and Range |
West of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades Varying elevations with isolated mountain ranges-Death Valley lowest point in NA |
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Rocky Mountains |
Located west of the Interior Lowlands and East of the Rocky Mountains Rugged Mountains that stretch from Alaska to almost Mexico; High elevations Continental Divide-Determines which direction rivers flow |
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Great Plains |
Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains Flat lands that gradually increase in elevations westward; grasslands |
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Interior Lowlands |
West of the Appalachian mountains and east of Great Plains Rolling flatland's with many rivers, broad river valleys and grassy hills |
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Appalachian Highlands |
West of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; Includs the Piedmont Old eroded mountains, and oldest mountain range in North America |
