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22 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 states that make up the southwest region? |
Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona |
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What is the huge gorge located in the state of Arizona? |
The Grand Canyon
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How many miles long and wide is the Grand Canyon?
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227 miles long 4-18 miles across |
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What is an area of high flat land called
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plateau
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It took millions and millions of years for the grand canyon to be created and it was carved out of what Plateau?
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Colorado Plateau
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Part of the Colorado River runs through the southwest region. Where is the source of the river?
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La Poudre Pass Lake in Colorado
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When water and wind wear away at the land and changes its shape is called what?
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erosion
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What do we call an area that receives less than ten inches of rain every year?
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Desert
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A desert in Arizona that has orange, red and yellow mineral layers that can be seen in the rock is called what?
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The Painted Desert
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What do we call a stony landform with steep sides and a flat top which rises out of the desert floor?
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mesa
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A small desert hill
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butte
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An area that contains fallen trees that have been tuned into stone
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Petrified Forest
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What is located within the Sonora Desert in Arizona? |
Saguaro National Park
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A cactus that grows in the southwest region and can grow over 40 feet tall and live over 100 years
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Saguaro Cactus
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an area that is usually dry and warm, but not as dry as a desert
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arid
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Where is tornado valley located
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Oklahoma it gets about 54 tornadoes per year
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The state of Texas is so large it has three different types of what?
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climates
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What is the climate of new mexico?
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mostly desert climate
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An ancient people who lived in and around the Grand Canyon are called what?
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Anasazi
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What are Anasazi also called?
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cliff dwellers
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a kind of brick that is made out of mud?
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Adobe
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Where did the Anasazi build there homes?
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in the sides of cliffs of the canyons
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