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Madelyn Geography
LUOA Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eastern Coastal Plain | Along the atlantic ocean and the golf of mexico broad lowland providing many exellent harbors. |
| Alppacian Mountians | west of the coastal plains extending from eastern to western canada. Old eroded mountians oldest mountian rang in north America. |
| Canadian Shield | wrapped around hudson in a horseshoe shape. Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciors. |
| interior Lowlands | west of alppacian mountians and east of the great plains. rolling flatlands with many river valleys and grassy hills. |
| Grait Plains | west of interior lowlands and east of the rocky mountians. flatland that gradually increases in elevation westward; grassland. |
| Rocky Mountians | west of the grait plains and east of the basin and range. rugged mountians streatching from alaska almost to mexico; high elevations contains the continential divide which determines the directonal flow of rvers. |
| basin and range | west of the rocky mountians and aest of sierra navadas and the cascades. area are varying elevations containing isolated mountian ranges and death valley, the lowest point in north america. |
| coastal range | along the pacific coast that streatches from california to canada. contains fertile valleys and rugged mountians. |
| Prime Meridian | the imaginary line of longitude that measures 0 degrees. |
| Latitude | an imaginary line that runs east to west. |
| Continents | large land masses surrounded by water. |
| Equator | the imaginary line of latitude witch runs halfway between the north pole and south pole and measures 0 degrees. |
| Longitude | an imaginary line that runs north to south. |
| Coordinates | a system that uses numbers to locate a position |
| Tributary | a river or stream flowing into a large river or lake |
| Gulf | a portion of the see that is almost surrounded by land except for one narrow opening. |
| Strait | a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water |
| Sound | a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land |
| source | a place from which water can be obtained |
| River mouth | the point where a stream flows into a body of water such as a river or ocean |
| Lake Michigan | the only one of the great lakes that is located entirely in the United States |
| Lake Superior | the largest and deepest |
| Lake Ontario | the smallest |
| Lake Huron | has the longest shore line |
| Lake Erie | the shallowest |
| Plateau | a raised are of land that is flat on top |
| Canyon | a deep valley with steep sides |
| Desert | a large region that gets very little rain |
| Geyser | a natural pool of hot water that sometimes erupts |
| Mesa | a hill with a flat top with steep sides |
| Mountain | a landform that rises high above its surroundings |
| Sand dune | a hill or ridge piled up from the wind |
| Oasis | a fertile or green spot in a desert |
| Coastal Plain | flat low-lying land adjacent to the sea coast |
| Appalachian Mountains | a series of mountain ranges located west of the coastal plain on the east coast; extends from eastern Canada from western Alabama |
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