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PHYSICAL FEATURES USA

THIS RIVER IS THE LARGEST BY VOLUME THAT FLOWS INTO THE PACIFIC

Lewis and Clark rafted down it in 1803-04

Answer: Columbia River

MORE SALTY THAN THE OCEAN

Only animal that can live here is the brine shrimp nicknamed “sea Monkeys”

Answer: The Great Salt Lake

LONGEST RIVER IN US

Not the Mississippi

Answer: The Missouri

SITE OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

A cape…..

Answer: Cape Canaveral

1ST EXPLORATORY LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS

Another cape…..

Answer: Cape Cod

NORTHERN MOST PART OF ROCKIES

Alaska pipeline in 1973 built for oil 800 miles long

Answer: Brooks Range

TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN 48 STATES

Right near lowest point in US-Death Valley

Answer: Mt. Whitney

NY RIVER, SOURCE IN ADIRONDACKS

1825 Erie canal connects to Lake Erie

Answer: Hudson River

SECOND LARGEST OCEAN IN WORLD

Lots of hurricanes, warmer water than Pacific

Answer: Atlantic

VERY FLAT AND PRONE TO FLOODS

Good place to grow cotton and tobacco though

Answer: Coastal Plain

TEDDY ROOSEVELT WENT HERE TO MOURN HIS WIFE AND CHILD

Some people think it’s pretty, some don’t

Answer: Badlands

LARGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN EASTERN US

Daniel Boone crossed these, into Kentucky. The first frontier. Answer: Appalachian Mountains

LARGEST ESTUARY IN THE US

What is an estuary? Where the river meets the sea

Answer: Chesapeake Bay

150 rivers and streams drain into it. Site of Battle of Chesapeake 1781. Means “Great Shellfish bay” in Algonquin.

ORIGINAL CHEROKEE LAND.

Foothills of Appalachians

Answer: Blue Ridge Mountains

1 OF 7 NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Colorado river runs through it

Answer: The Grand Canyon

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

Lake Superior

Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

A PLATEAU THAT COVERS SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS

Distinct culture and music

Answer: Ozark plateau

QUEENS AND BROOKLYN ARE ON THE WESTERN MOST PART OF THIS ISLAND

17th most populous island in the world

Answer: Long island

IN WASHINGTON STATE

4 interconnected basins

Answer: Puget sound

SECOND LARGEST RIVER IN US

Drains 41 percent of the 48 contiguous states

Answer: Mississippi

MOUNTAIN RANGE OF YOSEMITE

Sequoias are tallest trees in the world

Answer: Sierra Nevada

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE OF NORTH AMERICA

3000 miles long

Answer: The Rocky Mountains

CREATED BY AN ACCIDENT IN 1905

Largest lake in California

Answer: The Salton Sea

IMPORTANT RIVER TO SETTLERS IN VIRGINIA

Head waters in Blue Ridge mountains

Answer: The Roanoke River

REGION IN CANADA/ALASKA

Known for mining, gold and wildlife

Answer: The Yukon

EXPLORED ON RETURN TRIP OF LEWIS AND CLARK

Great flyfishing

Answer: The Yellowstone river

Lake Superior

Lake Michigan

Lake Huron

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

HOUSING HERE IS 96 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE US AVERAGE

WHALING ISLAND IN US HISTORY

Near Martha’s vineyard

Answer: Nantucket island

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AMERICA

20,320 feet

Answer: Mt. McKinley

All 100 of the world’s highest mountains are in Asia