U.S. Physical Features Map

A steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.

• Chisholm trail

• Gettysburg

• Grand Canyon

• The Great Salt Lake

A lake located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, which is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere.

• Grand Canyon

• The Great Salt Lake

• Kitty Hawk

• Mojave Desert

An arid desert that is the driest desert in North America.

• Pittsburgh

• Mojave Desert

• Pearl Harbor

• The Salton Sea

A shallow, saline, lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in the U.S. state of California's Imperial and Coachella valleys.

• The Great Salt Lake

• Mojave Desert

• The Salton Sea

• Pearl Harbor

At this location, Andrew Carnegie, began his steel production empire.

• Gettysburg

• Kitty Hawk

• Pittsburgh

• Salton Sea

This site was the turning point in the Civil War.

• Montgomery

• Kitty Hawk

• Gettysburg

• Pittsburgh

The first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft flight occurred here.

• Kitty Hawk

• Pearl Harbor

• Pittsburgh

• Chisholm Trail

This famous boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system.

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• Atlanta GA

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• Chisholm Trail

This trail was used in the post-Civil War era to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads.

• Chisholm trail

• The Great salt lake

• The Salton Sea

• Pearl Harbor

A surprise military strike, on December 7, 1941, by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base.

• Kitty Hawk

• Chisholm trail

• Pearl Harbor

• Pittsburgh