Geography Vocabulary: Mountains and Rivers

a river that flows east from the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean

• St. Lawrence

• Colorado

• Hudson

• Ohio

a river that flows from north to south in New York and empties into the Atlantic Ocean

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande

• Hudson

• Ohio

a river that flows westward from the Appalachian Mountains into the Mississippi River

• Ohio

• Colorado

• Rio Grande

• Mississippi

a major river that flows east out of the Rocky Mountains into the Gulf of Mexico

• Colorado

• Rio Grande

• Mississippi

• St. Lawrence

this river flows for more than 2,300 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi

• St. Lawrence

• Rio Grande

• Colorado

a major river that flows west out of the Rocky Mountains into the Gulf of California

• Mississippi

• Hudson

• Rio Grande

• Colorado

the imaginary line that runs along the Rocky Mountains that separates rivers

• prime meridian

• continental divide

• equator

• mountain

the highest mountain range in the United States

• Smoky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Mt. Everest

the mountain chain located in the eastern United States

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Rock City

• Pigeon Mountain

this mountain chain is the OLDEST

• Rocky

• Appalachian