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PHYSICAL FEATURES USA
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THIS RIVER IS THE LARGEST BY VOLUME THAT FLOWS INTO THE PACIFIC
Lewis and Clark rafted down it in 1803-04
Answer: Columbia River
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MORE SALTY THAN THE OCEAN
Only animal that can live here is the brine shrimp nicknamed “sea Monkeys”
Answer: The Great Salt Lake
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LONGEST RIVER IN US
Not the Mississippi
Answer: The Missouri
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SITE OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
A cape…..
Answer: Cape Canaveral
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1ST EXPLORATORY LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS
Another cape…..
Answer: Cape Cod
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NORTHERN MOST PART OF ROCKIES
Alaska pipeline in 1973 built for oil 800 miles long
Answer: Brooks Range
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TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN 48 STATES
Right near lowest point in US-Death Valley
Answer: Mt. Whitney
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NY RIVER, SOURCE IN ADIRONDACKS
1825 Erie canal connects to Lake Erie
Answer: Hudson River
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SECOND LARGEST OCEAN IN WORLD
Lots of hurricanes, warmer water than Pacific
Answer: Atlantic
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VERY FLAT AND PRONE TO FLOODS
Good place to grow cotton and tobacco though
Answer: Coastal Plain
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT WENT HERE TO MOURN HIS WIFE AND CHILD
Some people think it’s pretty, some don’t
Answer: Badlands
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LARGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN EASTERN US
Daniel Boone crossed these, into Kentucky. The first frontier. Answer: Appalachian Mountains
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LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE US
What is an estuary? Where the river meets the sea
Answer: Chesapeake Bay
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150 rivers and streams drain into it. Site of Battle of Chesapeake 1781. Means “Great Shellfish bay” in Algonquin.
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ORIGINAL CHEROKEE LAND.
Foothills of Appalachians
Answer: Blue Ridge Mountains
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1 OF 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Colorado river runs through it
Answer: The Grand Canyon
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ONCE SECEDED FROM THE UNION FOR 1 MINUTE IN 1982- “THE CONCH REPUBLIC”
Home of the Key lime and many celebrities-Ernest Hemingway Answer: Florida Keys
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Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
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A PLATEAU THAT COVERS SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS
Distinct culture and music
Answer: Ozark plateau
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QUEENS AND BROOKLYN ARE ON THE WESTERN MOST PART OF THIS ISLAND
17th most populous island in the world
Answer: Long island
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IN WASHINGTON STATE
4 interconnected basins
Answer: Puget sound
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SECOND LARGEST RIVER IN US
Drains 41 percent of the 48 contiguous states
Answer: Mississippi
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MOUNTAIN RANGE OF YOSEMITE
Sequoias are tallest trees in the world
Answer: Sierra Nevada
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CONTINENTAL DIVIDE OF NORTH AMERICA
3000 miles long
Answer: The Rocky Mountains
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CREATED BY AN ACCIDENT IN 1905
Largest lake in California
Answer: The Salton Sea
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IMPORTANT RIVER TO SETTLERS IN VIRGINIA
Head waters in Blue Ridge mountains
Answer: The Roanoke River
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REGION IN CANADA/ALASKA
Known for mining, gold and wildlife
Answer: The Yukon
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EXPLORED ON RETURN TRIP OF LEWIS AND CLARK
Great flyfishing
Answer: The Yellowstone river
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Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
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HOUSING HERE IS 96 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE US AVERAGE
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WHALING ISLAND IN US HISTORY
Near Martha’s vineyard
Answer: Nantucket island
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HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AMERICA
20,320 feet
Answer: Mt. McKinley
All 100 of the world’s highest mountains are in Asia