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22 Cards in this Set
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Hill |
Anything bigger than a mountain |
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lake |
a body of water surrounded by land |
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Plains |
A large relatively flat but elevated area of land |
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Island |
A land mass smaller then a continent surrounded by water |
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Peninsula |
A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with mainland |
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Mississippi river |
Transports farm and industrial products- most famous river |
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Missouri river |
Transports farm and industrial products- longest river |
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Ohio river |
Gateway to the West |
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Colorado river |
explored by the Spanish- Coronado |
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Rio Grande river |
Forms the border between the U.S and Mexico |
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St. Lawrence river |
Northeast border with Canada- connects Great lakes to the Atlantic ocean |
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Gulf of mexico |
Provided the Spanish with an exploration route to Mexico and America |
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Great lakes |
Inland port cities grew here in the Midwest- Huron,Ontario,Michigan,Erie,Superior |
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Lake |
A large inland body of water surrounded by land on all sides |
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River |
A large natural stream of water |
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Tributary |
A smaller stream that flows into a River/Ocean/Lake etc |
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Gulf |
A large area of sea or ocean partially enclosed by land |
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Bay |
A body of water partially enclosed by land-typically smaller than a gulf |
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Coastal Range |
Rugged mountains along the pacific coast that stretch from California to Canada |
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Basin and Range |
Located west of Rocky mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades- Varying elevations and isolated mountain ranges |
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Rocky mountains |
Located west of the Great plains and east of the Basin and Range- Rugged mountains |
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Great plains |
West of the |