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West Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geographical Features of the West | 1. Rocky Mountains 2. Great Plains 3. volcanoes 4. deserts |
| Natural Resources of the West | 1. forest 2. minerals 3. fuels 4. waterways |
| volcano | an opening in the earth from which hot gas, ash, and lava may pour out |
| lava | hot, melted rock |
| rain shadow | the drier side of the mountain |
| Continental Divide | an imaginary line that runs north to south along the top of the Rocky Mountains |
| timberline | the point on a mountain where it is too cold for trees to grow |
| dry farming | the use of irrigation and water conservation to help grow crops |
| geyser | an underground spring that shoots steam and hot water high into the air |
| wildlife preserve | an area of land set aside to protect wildlife |
| Pacific Rim | the countries that border the Pacific Ocean |
| pollution | what makes the air, soil, or water dirty |
| peninsula | a body of land almost entirely surrounded by water |
| recycle | to use something again |
| Silicon Valley | the birthplace of the American computer industry |
| Yellowstone National Park | one of the world's largest wildlife preserves and the oldest Park in the U.S. |
| Death Valley | located in the southern part of the Great Basin, it has the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below sea level |
| Mount McKinley | found in the Alaskan Range, it has the highest elevation in North America at 20,320 feet above sea level |
| Central Valley | a fertile area for farming which is located between the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Coast Ranges in the west |
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