Regions of North America Vocab Review

surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live.

• Environment

• Contiguous

• Relative Location

• Continent

sharing an edge or boundary.

• Environment

• Contiguous

• Relative Location

• Continent

a place in relation to somewhere else.

• Environment

• Contiguous

• Relative Location

• Continent

land masses on earth, there are 7 of these.

• Environment

• Contiguous

• Relative Location

• Continent

height to which something rises above a point, in relationship to sea level.

• Elevation

• Erosion

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

line from Alaska to Mexico that divides parts of North America whose waters drain to the Pacific Ocean from those that drain to the the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and Gulf of Mexico.

• Elevation

• Erosion

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

materials are worn away from the Earth's surface naturally.

• Elevation

• Erosion

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

stream that flows into a larger stream or body of water.

• Elevation

• Erosion

• Continental Divide

• Tributary

large river and its tributaries

• River System

• Gulf

• Climate

• Arid

large area of sea or ocean partially enclosed by land.

• River System

• Gulf

• Climate

• Arid