Physical Geography of the United States and Canada Key Terms

Sections of water way with closed gates where water levels are raise and lowered

Are one of the two major mountain chains in the U.S and Canada. This one is along the western side of the continent

Huge swamp covering 400 miles in florida

Winds that blow from the west to east in the middle of the latitude

A land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

Is Canada's longest river and is part of a River system that flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean

A largely treeless area that ascends to about 4,000 ft

People who move from place to place

Is the line of highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation of rivers, flowing eastward and westward