(2) Regional Geography Of North America Flashcards
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Continental climate
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A relatively dry climate with hot summers and cold winters
2
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Rift Valley
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A valley that is created when land between two faults drops down
3
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Faulting
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Movement along cracks in the earths crust
4
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Tornado
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A brief but very destructive storm
5
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Funnel
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The usual shape of a tornado
6
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Vortex
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air that whirls in a rotary direction
7
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Muskeg
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A level swamp found in Canada
8
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Boreal
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Northern
9
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Maritime climate
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A climate that is strongly influenced by the closeness of a large body of water
10
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Temperate
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Climate that has warm summers and cold winters
11
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Plateau
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A flat area at a high elevation
12
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Brackish
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Somewhat salty
13
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Sink
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A place in which a liquid collects
14
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Rain-shadow
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Area on the Leeward slope of mountains
15
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Tundra
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A vegetation region found in areas too cold for trees to grow
