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- San Fransisco Bay
- California's largest Bay
- Gulf Coastal Plain
- flatlands that circle northern and western coastline of the Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Mexico
- large body of water west of florida that is an extension of the atlantic ocean
- Colorado River
- Major river flows through Grand Canyon
- Hudson River
- empties in NY city harbor, and connected to great lakes by erie canal
- Great Lakes
- Lake erie, ontario, superior, huron, michigan form border between US and Canada
- Rio Grande
- forms border between Mexico and US
- Rocky Mtns.
- mountain range that extends more than 3000 m. from central New Mexico to Northwest Alaska
- Central Valley
- flatlands lie between Sierra Nevada and Coastal Ranges
- St. Lawrence River
- runs northeast from lake ontario to the atlantic
- Appalachian Mtns.
- mountain chain that runs from eastern US from St. Lawrence to Alabama
- Chesapeake Bay
- 200 mile long inlet, east o/ nation's capital, fed by many rivers
- Pacific Ocean
- 1/3 of earth's surface, largest and deepest ocean
- Sierra Nevada
- forms border between California and Nevada
- Mt. McKinley
- tallest Mountain in N. America, part of Alaska Range
- Great salt lake
- largest body of salt water in N. Americs, 41 degrees N, 112 degrees W
- Missisipi River
- largest river in N. America
- Columbia River
- forms border between two northwestern states and flows into the pacific ocean
- Atlantic Coastal Plain
- flatlands extand south from Chesepeake bay to east coast of Florida
- Ohio River
- West of Appalachian Mtns., forms border between Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, & Kentucky
- Brooks Range
- You can see the arctic ocean from the top
- Atlantic Ocean
- second largest ocean
- Cascade Range
- Mountain Range stretching from N. CA through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia, Canada
- Coast Range
- Runs along the Pacific Coast of N. America from Alaska to Baja
- Missouri River
- forms border between Iowa and Nebraska
- Great Basin
- lowland desert region bordered by the Rocky mntns and Sierra nevada range
- Great Plains
- huge expanse of flatlands between Rocky mountains and the Missisipi River
- Mauna Loa
- volcano that dominates the southern portion of the big island of Hawaii
- Cape Cod
- landform north of 40degreesN and justs out into the atlantic like a large fishook