Physical Geography of the United States and Canada
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| Mount McKinley | located in the Alaska Range it is the highest point on the continent
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| The Rocky Mountains | stretch for more than 3,000 miles from New Mexico to Alaska
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| The Great Plains | sometimes called the interior plains or the high plains because of their location and elevation
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| Canadian Shield | a giant core of rock centered on the Hudson and James Bays.
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| Appalachian Mountains | North Americas' oldest mountain range extending 1,500 miles from Quebec to Alabama
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| a divide | a high point or Ridge that determines the direction that rivers flow
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| Headwaters | the source of the river
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| Tributaries | brooks, rivers or streams that connect with a main river
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| The Mississippi River | one of North America's longest rivers, it is one of the world's busiest waterways
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| the fall line | marks the place where the higher land of the piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal plain often see rapids and waterfalls
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| fisheries | places for catching fish and other sea mamals
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| The Grand Banks | was once one of the world's richest fishing grounds
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| Timberline | the elevation above which trees cannot grow
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| the Chinook | a warm wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies rapidly melting and evaporating snow from the base of a mountain
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| The Prairies | a naturally treeless expanse of grasses spread across the continent's midsection
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| supercells | violent spring and summer thunderstorms that spawn tornadoes
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| Hurricanes | ocean storms hundreds of miles wide with winds 74 miles per hour or more
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| Blizzards | winds of more than 35 miles an hour with heavy or blowing snow
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| Death Valley | has the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States
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