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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 West | -mountains |
| Central | -rolling plains |
| East | -low/smooth mountains |
| How many tectonic plates are there? | -eight |
| Tectonic plates | -large movable plates under the Earth's surface |
| Mesas | -flat-topped natural elevations |
| Plateaus | -high level surfaces |
| Water Systems | -a lot of rivers and lakes that supply freshwater |
| Continental Divide | -line that separates rivers that flow toward opposite ends of the continent |
| Height of Land | -Canadian divide |
| Tributaries | -brooks, rivers and streams that feed their waters into one river |
| Headwaters | -water sources |
| Resources | -fish -gold, silver, nickel, iron, copper, uranium and zinc |
| Canadian Shield | -largest region in Canada -houses many lakes -winter is like the tundra -summer is short |
| Tropical rainforest | -Hawaii |
| Marine West Coast | -Northern CA -British Columbia -Southern border of AK -100 inches of rain |
| Deserts | -Great Salt Lake Desert -Blackrock Desert -Death Valley |
| Highland | -Rocky Mountains -Pacific Ranges |
| Subarctic | -parts of Canada and Alaska |
| Tundra | -farther north across Arctic coastlines |
| Humid Continental | -west of the Atlantic |
| Humid Subtropical | -most Southern states |
| Tropical Savanna | -tip of Florida |
| Blizzards | -snowstorms with winds in excess of 35 mile -temperatures below freezing -visibility less than 500 feet |
| Tornadoes | -swirling columns of air whose winds can reach 300 mph |
| Hurricanes | -ocean storms -hundreds of miles wide -winds 74 mph |
| Typhoons | -Pacific hurricanes |
| Chinook | -a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies -melts snows |
| Five commonalities | -Climates, Landforms, Resources, Water Systems, and Vegetation |
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