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24 Cards in this Set
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in Alaska Range; 20,320 ft. highest mountain in North America
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Mt. McKinley
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3,000 miles from northern Alaska to northern New Mexico
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Rocky Mountains
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broad, flat upland extending from the Rocky Mountains through the central parts of Canada and U.S.
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Great Plains
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1,500 miles long from Quebec to Alabama
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Appalachian Mountains
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a giant core of rock centered on the Hudson and St. James Bays
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Canadian Shield
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just east of the Applications to the Atlantic
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Coastal Atlantic Plain
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in NY, at the mouth of the Hudson River; major U.S. And world economic center
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Manhattan Island
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territory of Denmark
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Greenland
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in Pacific; 8 major islands and 124 smaller ones
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Hawaii
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2,350 miles; longest river in the region; it begins at Lake Itasca
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Mississippi River
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one of Canada's most important rivers
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St. Lawrence River
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marks the place where higher land drops to lower land
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Fall-line
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forms part of the border between Ontario and New York state
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Niagara Falls
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interior of Greenland
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Ice Cap Climate
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along the arctic coast, northern Canada
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Tundra Climate
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most of Canada and Alaska
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Subarctic Climate
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southern California
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Mediterranean Climate
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between the Pacific ranges and Rocky Mountains
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Steppe or Desert Climate
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located in the higher reaches of the Rockies and Pacific Ranges
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Highland Climate
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bitterly cold winters and hot summers; found on the Great Plains
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Humid-Continental
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found in the Great Plains; naturally treeless expanses of grasses; covers the middle of the U.S. and Canada
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Prairies
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violent spring and summer thunderstorms that often spawn tornadoes
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Supercells
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found in the SE United States
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Humid Subtropical Climate
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NE United States and SE Canada
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Humid Continental
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