Major Physical Features of the US and Canada

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This physical feature empties into the Gulf of Mexico.  It is the largest river in  the USA.

• Mississippi  River
• St. Lawrence River
• Atlantic  Ocean
• Pacific Ocean

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Rocky terrain good for mining, makes up 1/2 of Canada's land

• Canadian Shield

• Rocky Mountains

• Quebec

• Plains

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A system of mountains in the eastern portion of the Unites States from Maine south to Georgia

• Rocky Mountains

• Cascade Mountain Range

• Appalachian Mountains

• Atlantic Coastal Plain

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A major mountain system in the western portion of the United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from northern Canada south to New Mexico

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Cascade Range

• Great Basin

Other Notable Features

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This landform and physical features has very few trees and lots of grassland

• Great Plains
• Continental Divide
• Great Basin
• Death Valley

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These bodies of water are connected to each other and contain fresh water

• Great Lakes
• St. Lawrence River
• Gulf of Mexico
• Atlantic Ocean

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Which landform/physical feature borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?

• The Continental Divide
• Atlantic Ocean
• Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Appalachian Mountain

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The large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico

• Brooks Range

• Missouri River

• Ohio River

• Rio Grande

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The mountain range that separates California and Nevada

• Missouri Mountains

• Cascades Range

• Rocky Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

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This land feature is the broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains.

• Great Basin

• Cape Cod

• Great Plains

• Coast Ranges

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The river that forms the northern border of Kentucky

• Rio Grande

• Missouri River

• Columbia River

• Ohio River