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Large bodies of saltwater
What are oceans and seas?
100

The longest river in Arizona

What is the Colorado River?

100
Tallest land form usually 1000 or more feet above sea level
What is a mountain?
100
Land form that is elevated, but less than 1000 feet above sea level?
What is a hill?
100

Point of highest elevation in Arizona (12,633 Ft ASL)

What is Humphreys Peak (near Flagstaff)?

200
Body of water surrounded by land, usually freshwater and not part of an ocean
What is a lake?
200
The largest river in the United States that eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico?
What is the Mississippi River?
200
Piece of land completely surrounded by water
What is an island?
200
Type of mountain that sometimes releases melted rock, gas and ash from deep inside Earth
What is a volcano?
200
Huge area of grassy, flat lands in the middle of the United States where many crops are grown
What are the Great Plains?
300
Areas of low land where water collects and/or moves very slow-may contain salt or fresh water
What are swamps, marshes and bayous?
300

The largest lake in the United States.

What is Lake Superior?

300
Area of mostly dry, flat, grassy land that is good for farming
What is a plain?
300
Area of dry land that receives very little rain
What is a desert?
300
Largest hot desert in the world
What is the Sahara?
400
Rivers that flow into other rivers instead of into lakes and oceans
What is a tributary?
400

The largest river delta in the United States.

What is the Mississippi River Delta?

400
Area that is formed when dirt and small rocks are carried and then deposited by a river
What is a delta?
400
Area that is elevated, but flat on top
What is a plateau?
400
Area of 450+ volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
A long thin body of water between two pieces of land
What is a strait?
500
Long thin body of water between Alaska in North America and Russia in Urasia?
What is the Bering Strait?
500
A long,thin piece of land between two bodies of water
What is an isthmus?
500
Piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
500
Long, thin piece of land that connects the Central American countries of Costa Rica and Colombia- also has the Caribbean Sea on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other
What is the Isthmus of Panama?