Southwest, West Coast and Alaska and Hawaii Regions
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| Capitol - Austin | State - Texas
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| Capitol - Carson City | State - Nevada
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| Capitol - Phoenix | State - Arizona
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| Capitol - Santa Fe | State - New Mexico
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| Southwest Geographical Features | Grand Canyon, gorges, Mojave Desert,Rocky Mountains,Great Basin,Great Salt Lake,Colorado River,Rio Grande
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| Canyon | a valley with very steep sides and a flat bottom# usually cut into the rock by a river
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| Desert | are a dry region with fewer than 10” of precipitation annually
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| Gorges | are deep passage with steep rock sides,smaller than a canyon
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| Climate of the Southwest | dry climate which is dry most, or all, of the year; hot summers, cold to warm winters and highland climate which will vary greatly with elevation
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| Capitol - Olympia | State - Washington
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| Capitol - Sacramento | State - California
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| Capitol - Salem | State - Oregon
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| West Coast Geographical Features | Sierra Nevada Mountains, Mt. Whitney, Cascade Mountains, Mojave Desert, Death Valley, Pacific Ocean
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| West Coast Climate | dry in desert areas which is dry most, or all# of the year; hot summers# cold to warm winters; highland in mountainous areas which will vary greatly with elevation and mild which is wet in winter or all year; warm to hot summers# cool winter
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| contiguous | touching along a boundary or at a point
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| non-contiguous | not touching along a boundary or at a point
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| Capitol - Juneau | State - Alaska
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| Capitol - Honolulu | State - Hawaii
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| island | a body of land completely surrounded by water
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| archipelago | a chain of islands
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| glacier | a thick bed of ice that covers a continent or a river of thick ice that moves slower down a slope or valley
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| peninsula | a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
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| channel | a broad waterway that connects two larger bodies of water
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| volcano | an opening in the earth’s crust from which molten rock erupts; the rocks usually form a mountain around the opening
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| Climate of Hawaii | Tropical
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| Climate of Alaska | Polar and Continental
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| Mountain | a natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill# usually greater than 2#000 ft (610 m)
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| Geographical Features of Alaska and Hawaii | mountains, volcanos, channels, penisula, glaciers, archipelago,islands, Mt. McKinley
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