Major Landforms
This is the 3rd largest country in the world.
The United States.
This is the longest river in the United States.
Mississippi River
The US uses nearly 3 times the amount of this resource then it produces.
Oil
This area is where you can find tundra and subarctic climates. Winters are long and cold.
The Far North
This is a funnel shaped wind storm.
Tornado
It is why 48 of the states are called contiguous.
Because they are joined together.
This river is important to Canada for trade and travel.
This resource is mined in the Appalachians, Wyoming, and British Columbia.
Coal
These two areas are both tropical--they have hot summers and warm winters.
Southern Florida and Hawaii
These storms form over the ocean in tropical areas.
Hurricanes
What is different about the northern and southern parts of the Eastern Lowlands?
The soil in the north is not as good for farming as it is in the south.
These were formed by glaciers over thousands of years and are located between the US and Canada.
The Great Lakes
This was once one of the world's richest fishing grounds.
The Grand Banks
These can pose a serious challenge to farmers and ranchers on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Droughts
This is the name of a devastating hurricane that destroyed areas in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama in 2005.
Hurricane Katrina
What is a megalopolis?
When cities and their suburbs form an almost continuous line of settlement.
This determines which direction rivers in the west flow.
The Continental Divide.
These are an important resource, but now only cover about 1/3 of the United States.
Forests
This climate region has similar climates in the summer, but in the winter the north is cooler than the south.
The East
Most of these happen along the Pacific coast because there are many fault lines.
Earthquakes
This is the oldest mountain range in North America.
The Appalachians
These are used in the St. Lawrence Seaway to allow ships to travel from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
Locks
The Niagara Falls are used to produce this.
Hydroelectric power
This is the climate region that had a Dust Bowl in the 1930s.
The Great Plains
Most of these are found in Hawaii, Alaska, and western coastal areas. They are created by colliding fault lines.
Volcanoes