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25 Cards in this Set
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Butte
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A flat topped hill, smaller than a mesa.
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Port
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Where ships load and unload their goods.
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Prairie
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Flat or rolling land covered with tall grass.
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Barrier Island
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A narrow island between the mainland and the ocean.
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Service Industries
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Businesses or jobs in which people help others.
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Global Grid
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The crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude found on a map or globe.
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Vegetation
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The plant life of an area.
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Rain Shadow
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The side of a mountain that is usually dry because precipitation falls on the other side
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Interior Plains
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The middle west part of landform in the United States.
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Mesquite
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A small thorny tree with long roots that dig deep to find water.
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Industries
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All of the businesses that make one type of product or provide one type of service.
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Source
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Starting point of a river.
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Lowlands
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Land with an elevation just above sea level.
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Mesa
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A flat landform that rises steeply above the surrounding land. It is smaller than a plateau.
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Rodeo
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A contest of cowhand skills.
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Parallels
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A line of latitude.
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Metropolitan Area
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A large city or group of cities together with their near by subburbs.
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Ranch
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A large area of land used to raise cattle, sheep, or horses.
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Longitude
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A measure of distance on Earth east or west of the prime meridian.
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Degree
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A unit for measuring distance on the earths surface; also a unit for measuring temperature.
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Lattitude
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A measure of how far north or south a place is from the equator.
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Meridians
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A line of longitude.
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Hailstorm
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Shower of small rounded chunks of ice.
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Prime Meridian
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The first line of longitude, or starting place, for measuring lines of longitude.
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Mouth
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Where a river empties into the ocean or another large body of water.
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