US Rivers, Mountains, and Oceans

US Rivers, Mountains, and Bordering Oceans/Rios, montanas y oceanos limitrofes de US

Quick Review!

• North: Northwest/Northeast

• South: Southwest/southeast

• West oeste

• East este

Rivers and Oceans

Rio Grande, Mississippi, Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico

Outflow

the act of flowing out; where a river's runoff water goes

el acto de fluir; donde va el agua de escorrentía de un río

Open Ended

Outflow means..

Outflow medio..

Rio Grande River

• Separates the United States from Mexico

• Outflow: Gulf of Mexico

• Separa a los Estados Unidos de México

• Salida: Golfo de México

Mississippi River

• 2nd longest river in America

• Segundo rio mas largo de America

  
  

• Outflow: Gulf of Mexico

Multiple Choice

Which river is located on the US southern border? Qué río se encuentra en la frontera sur de US?

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

Bordering Oceans

• Pacific Ocean: Largest and deepest ocean/Borders the West of US (California, Washington) Océano más grande y profundo / Limita al oeste de los US. (California, Washington)

• Atlantic Ocean: 2nd largest ocean/ Borders the East of US (Virginia, NC, Florida) Segundo océano más grande / Limita al este de los US (Virginia, North Carolina, Florida)

• Gulf of Mexico: ocean basin/borders mid-south (Texas. Louisiana, Florida) cuenca oceánica / fronteras centro-sur (Texas. Louisiana, Florida)

Multiple Choice

This body of water is technically not an ocean..

Este cuerpo de agua técnicamente no es un océano..

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Gulf of Mexico

Multiple Choice

This body of water touches California and borders US on the West...

Este cuerpo de agua toca California y limita con US en el oeste ...

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Gulf of Mexico

Mountains Montañas

• Rocky

• Appalachian

• Sierra Nevada

Open Ended

If you were to walk from California (West) ---> South Carolina (East), list the mountains in the order you would encounter them (what would you see 1st, 2nd, 3rd)?

Si caminara desde California (oeste) ---> Carolina del Sur (este), enumere las montañas en el orden en que las encontraría (¿qué vería primero, segundo, tercero?

-Rocky

-Appalachian

-Sierra Nevada