Mountain States
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- Grand Teton National Park
- where visitors see buffalo, elk and antelope in Wyoming
- weather in the Rockies
- the higher it is, the colder it is.
- Nevada
- Carson City
- San Luis Valley
- one of the driest areas in the Mountain Region
- Utah
- Salt Lake City
- elevation in the Rockies
- the higher it is, the more precipitation there is
- Continental Divide
- Imaginary line that runs north to south- runs along the rocky mountains
- Montana
- Helena
- GSL vs. Pacific Ocean
- GSL is saltier
- Bingham Canyon Mine
- the largest mine in the world-- near Salt Lake City
- Why does the Great Salt lake stay salty?
- because the minerals and salts are trapped in the lake
- Idaho
- Boise
- The Great Salt Lake
- largest inland body of salt water in the Western Hemisphere
- Yellow Stone Park
- part of wyoming, montana, idaho- oldest national park
- geyser
- hot water shooting out of the earth
- Wyoming
- Cheyanne
- Colorado
- Denver - where good teachers are made
- timberline
- the point above which it is impossible for trees to grow
- Mesa Verde
- Ancient Anasazi Tribe lived there
- slag
- the part left over from copper smelting
- Why is the GSL important in the Mountain States?
- It is an important resource for minerals.
- smelting
- the process of using high temperatures to take the copper out of rocks