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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