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N.America Geogaphy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pacific ocean | 1. west of North America 2. larges and deepest ocean on Earth 3.surrounded ring of fire volcanoes |
| atlantic ocean | 1. east of north america 2. European and settlers crosed the Atlantic to reach the americas 3.sailed to the region |
| caribbean sea | 1.south southeast of united states 2. hurricanes are commen in summer 3.christfur clumes sailded to this region in 1492 |
| rio grand | 1. forms a natural border between mexico and Texas flows from the 2.Rocky mountains in Calorado to the Golf of mexico |
| Hudson bay | 1. vary large body of slait water in Canda 2.hoes for polar bares and beluga wales 3.played a major role in the fur trading dring the 1600 |
| five grait lackes | 1.located betten Canida and the united states 2.the worlds largest fresh water system 3. Huron Ontario Michgan Erie Superior |
| Missouri River | 1.the largest river in North America 2. nickname the big muddy because it carries a massive amount of loose dirt and sand 3.it was a major way of travel for pioneers fur traders and staemboats moving weat in the 1800 |
| Mississippi River | 1. millions of dukes,geese and swans move along the mississippi dring migradtion seasons 2. it is one of the busiest shipinso routes in the world oil coil irarn steel and grains from midwest farms |
| Rocky mountains | 1. begins in canada and the ends in new mexico 2. shaped by glaciers that caverd out sharp pekes and deep valley 3. melting snow from the Rockes provdes about 25 of the drinking and farming water in the Unied states |
| Appalachian Mountain | 1.being in canda and ends in alabama 2. the peakes have a smoth rolling look because of erosion over milluons of years 3. they were a huge natural barrier for ealy settlers traning to move weat from the original 13 colonies |
| Grait Planes | 1. a massive flat grassland area in between the rocky mountains and the mississippi river 2. know as america bread basket because the rich soil is good for growing wheat and corn as well as rasing cattle 3. many tordose hit this area because warm |