Ch 1 US and Canada
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| Mt. McKinley | highest mountain in North America
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| Rocky Mountains | largest mountain system in North America.
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| Continental Divide | boundary that divides the direction water flows on a continent.
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| Appalachian Mountains | 2nd longest mountain range in the United States.
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| Great Plains | rich farmland of the United States. Formed by glaciers picking soil up in Canada and leaving it in the US when glaciers melted.
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| Great Salt Lake | largest body of salt water in North America.
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| Great Basin | region of plateaus and basins west of the Rockies. Includes The Great Salt Lake and Death Valley.
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| Death Valley | hottest place in North America.
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| Sierra Nevada | In California.
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| Cascades | in Washington and Nevada, created by volcanoes.
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| Great Lakes | world's largest group of freshwater lakes. Formed by glaciers as they moved and filled by the melting waters.
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| Mississippi River | longest river in the US.
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| Ohio River | formed by the confluence of the Monogahela and the Allegheny in Pittsburgh and flows into Mississippi River as one if its tributaries.
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| Missouri River | Nicknamed "Big Muddy", 2nd longest river in the US.
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| Atlantic Ocean | forms Eastern border of the US.
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| Pacific Ocean | forms Western border of the US.
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| Gulf of Mexico | creates part of the southern border of the United States.
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| Laurentine Highlands | continuation of the Appalachians into Canada.
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| Canadian Shield | covers about half of Canada. Made of ancient rock with few inhabitants.
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| St. Lawrence River | Canada's second longest river. Connects The Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
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| St. Lawrence Lowlands | smallest land region in Canada, but home to more than half the countries population, produces 1/3 of the countries crops, and is it's manufacturing center.
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| Interior Plains | plains are in central Canada.
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| Mackenzie River | longest river in Canada.
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| Mt. Logan | tallest mountain in Canada.
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