Notecard #7

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Baja California

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Baja California is a Mexican state on the Baja Peninsula, bordering the U.S. state of California

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Mexican plateau

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The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano, is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico.

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Sierra Madre Occidental

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The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico. The name Sierra Madre means "Mother Mountains".

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Sierra Madre Oriental

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The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.

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Pacific Lowlands

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Is a country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras. Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America.

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Gulf Coastal Plains

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The Gulf Coastal Plain extends around the Gulf of Mexico in the Southern United States and eastern Mexico.

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Yucatan Peninsula

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The Yucatan Peninsula in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatan Channel.

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Cenote

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A Cenote is a natural sinkhole created where a cave ceiling has collapsed, a window to this spectacular world.

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Deforestation

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Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses

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Mexico City

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Mexico City is the densely populated, high-altitude capital of Mexico.

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