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17 Cards in this Set
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Mount McKinney
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The Alaska Range gives rise to the highest point on the continent called Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet
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Rocky Mountains
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The chief mountain system in North America. It extends from the US–Mexico border to the Yukon Territory of northern Canada
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Canadian Shield
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A giant core of rock centered on the Hudson and James Bay, anchors the continent
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Appalachian Mountains
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This is known as north Americas oldest mountain ever.
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Divide
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Is a high point or ridge that determines the way that the river flows
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Mississippi River
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On of North Americas longest flowing rivers
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Fall Line
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marks the place where the higher land of Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain
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Great Lakes
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Glaciers that melted and some how melted to make the Great lakes
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Everglades
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These are also known as wetlands and swamps
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Hurricane
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Ocean storms hundreds of miles wide with winds of 74 miles
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Death Valley
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deep arid desert basin below sea level in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada. It contains the lowest point in the US at
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Chaparral
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Vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes.
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Blizzards
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severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
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Parries
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A large open area of grassland, esp. in the Mississippi River valley
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Chinook
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A warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.
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Timberline
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On a mountain the line or altitude above which no trees grow.
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super cells
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A super-cell is a thunderstorm that is characterized by the presence of a lonesomeness; a deep, continuously-rotating updraft
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