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N.America Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pacific ocean | 1.west of north America 2.largest and the deepest ocean on earth 3. it is surrounded by a ring of fire volcano |
| Atlantic ocean | 1. East of north America 2.European explorers and settles crossed the Alantic to reach the Americas 3.major, busy trade route for cargo ships |
| Caribban sea | 1.South and south east of united States 2. Hurricanes are commen in the summer 3. Christopher olumbus sailed to the this region in 1492 |
| Rio grande | 1. Forms a border between Mexico and Texas 2. flows from the rocky mountain 3. in Colorado to the gulf of Mexico |
| Hudson bey | 1. Very large body of salt water northeast caieda 2. Home of poler bears and beluga whales 3. played a major role in the fyr trade during the 1600s |
| five great lakes | 1. located between Canada and the United States 2.The worlds largest fresh water system 3.Uron ntario ichigan rie uperhiro |
| Missouri | 1.the longest river in north America 2.Nicknamed the big muddy because it carries massive amounts of dirt and sand 3. it was major way of traveling for pinoeers fur traders and steam boats moving west in the 1800s |
| Mississippi river | 1. Millions of ducks and geese and swans move along the Mississppi during the migration seasons 2. it is one of the busiest shipping routes in the world coal iron and oil 3. steel and grains from mid west farms |
| Rocky mountains | 1. begins in Canada and ends in New Mexico 2. shaped by glaciers that were carved out sharp peaks and deeps valyes. 3.melting snow from the Rockies provides about 25% of the drinking water and farming water in the us |
| Appalachian Moutions | 1.begins in Canada and ends in Alabama 2. the peaks have a smooth rolling look because of erasion over the millions of years 3. there were a huge naturel behavior for early settlers trying to move west from the original 13 conolies |
| Great plains | 1. a massive flat grass land area in between the rocky Moutions and the Missessippy river 2.known has Americas bread basket because the rich soil and land 3. many tornados hit that area because of warm moist air and form the gulf of Mexico clashes with |