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World Geography Ch. 5

TermDefinition
piedmont a low plateau between the gulf coastal plains and the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains one of the two major mountain plains in the US and Canada, older than the Rocky's
Great Plains large treeless area that continues to ascend to about 4000 ft., Midwest is mainly the Great Plains
Canadian shield rocky, mainly flat area that covers nearly 2 million sq miles around the Hudson Bay in New York
Rocky Mountains major mountain system of the US and Canada, west of the Great Plains
Death Valley the hottest place in America located at the Great Basin
continental divide the highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward
Mt. McKinley North America's highest peak located in Alaska
Great Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie
Mackenzie River Canada's longest river that flows across the northwest territories to the Artic Ocean
permafrost frozen land that is permanent
humid continental climate climate for the north central and north eastern US and southern Canada winders are cold and summers are warm
prevailing westerlies winds that blow from west to east in the middle of latitudes
humid subtropical climate most southern states have this, summers that are hot and muggy, winters are mild and cool
Mediterranean climate summers are dry, sunny, and warm...winters are mild and somewhat rainy
semiarid climate dry weather, vegetation is mainly short grasses and shrubs
everglades huge swamp that covers 4,000 square miles, located in FL
tornado valley place in the Great Plains where tornados occur often
nomads first inhabitants of North America
Beringia a land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska
Erie canal across upstate New York, opened in 1825 and made the first navigation between the Atlantic and Great Lakes
St Lawrence Seaway completed in the 1950's as a joint project of the US and Canada, a deep water ship route
locks sections of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised and lowered
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