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Andes Mountains

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along the western coast of south america

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Sierra Madres

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occidental - along the western side of mexico going north to south
oriental - along the east side of mexico going north to south
del sur - along the southern coast of mexico`

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Atacama Desert

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northern part of Chile

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Amazon River Basin

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the entire northern section of south america, to the east of the andes

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Pampas

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on the south eastern coast of south america, primarily in Argentina

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llanos

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grassland in northwestern south america, east of andes, in columbia and venezuela

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Amazon Rainforest

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primarily in Brazil, the entire northern section of south america

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Black Forest

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southwest germany

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ruhr valley

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western germany

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po valley

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northern italy

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iberian peninsula

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southwestern europe, spain and portugal

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scandinavian peninsula

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northern europe, norway sweden and finland

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italian peninsula

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southern europe

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jutland peninsula

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northern europe, denmark

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alps

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south-central europe, spanning several countries

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pyrenees

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mountains forming a border between spain and france

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northern european plain

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from southern united kingdom east to russia, central europe

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danube river

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central and eastern europe, empties into black sea

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rhine river

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begins in switzerland and runs through germany and the netherlands, northwestern europe

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seine

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northern france

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volga river

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runs through central russia to northeast russia, largest river in europe

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adriatic sea

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bordered in the west by the italian peninsula, and in the east by the balkan peninsula

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aegean sea

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between greece and turkey

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mediterranean sea

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between europe, north africa, and western asia

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baltic sea

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northern europe, sweden in the west and mainland europe to the east

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black sea

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southeastern europe, between europe and asia, turkey in the south

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north sea

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between the british isles and the mainland of northwestern europe

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strait of gibraltar

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between southern spain and northwestern africa, connects atlantic to mediterranean

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mississippi river

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from the gulf of mexico to minnesota through the us going north to south

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st lawrence river

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flows northeast from lake ontario to the gulf of st lawrence, north atlantic ocean

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colorado river

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from the rocky mountains in colorado to the gulf of california in mexico, grand canyon

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columbia river

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starts in columbia lake in canada and flows south to the pacific ocean in oregon

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rio grande river

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starts in the rocky mountains in colorado to the gulf of mexico, forms border between us and mexico

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gulf of mexico

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bordered by the united states in the north and mexico in the west, with the island of cuba to the southeast

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great lakes

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on the united states-canada border in the east

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hudson bay

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east-central canada

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aleutian islands

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part of alaska, stem off of the west of alaska, with russia in the west, between russia and alaska

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hawaiian archipelago

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central pacific ocean

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appalachian mountains

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eastern united states

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pacific coastal range

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from northern washington to southern california along the west coast of the us

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basin and range

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southwestern us

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rocky mountains

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western canada down into northwestern us

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great plains

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through central north america, in the united states and canada

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interior lowlands

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between the appalachian mountains and the great plains

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atlantic and gulf coastal plain

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from the northeastern coast of the us down to the gulf coast of texas

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canadian shield

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eastern, northeastern, and east-central canada and the upper midwest us

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grand canyon

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arizona

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atlas mountains

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mountain range in north africa

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taurus mountains

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southern turkey

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zagros mountains

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southwestern iran

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red sea

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between north africa and asia, egypt sudan in the west and saudi arabia in the east

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arabian sea

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between india and the arabian peninsula, northern part of indian sea

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persian/arabian gulf

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between the arabian peninsula and iran

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strait of hormuz

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between united arab emirates and iran, connects persian gulf to gulf of oman

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bosporus strait

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located in turkey, connects the black sea to the marmara

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sahara

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north africa

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dardanelles strait

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northwestern turkey, connects marmara to the aegen sea

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nile river

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runs through northeastern africa

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tigris river

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southwestern asia, parallel to euphrates river

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euphrates river

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western asia, parallel to tigris river

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jordan river

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southwestern asia in middle east region, seperates jordan from israel and seperates israel from syria

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kalahari desert

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southern africa

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namib desert

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southwestern africa

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zambezi river

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flows through southern africa into the indian ocean

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niger river

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west africa

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congo river

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west-central africa

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lake victoria

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africa in tanzania kenya and uganda

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lake tanganyika

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southeastern africa, mainly in the drc and tanzania

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ural mountains

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in russia, form a boundary between europe and asia

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volga river

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northwest russia, longest river in europe

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ob river

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central russia

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amur river

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forms the border between northeast china and southeast russia

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lake baikal

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southeast siberia

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caspian sea

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between eastern europe and western asia

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aral sea

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central asia, between kazakhstan in the north and uzbekistan in the south

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bering strait

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seperates russia and alaska at their closest point

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himalayas

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across the northeastern part of india, across the south of china

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western and eastern ghats

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western - west coast of india
eastern - east coast of india

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mount fuji

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southwest of tokyo in japan

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bay of bengal

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northeastern part of the indian ocean

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ganges river

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starts in western himalayas and flows down through india and into the bay of bengal

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indus river

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northwestern india and pakistan

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brahmaputra river

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southwestern china, northeastern india, and bangladesh

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yangtze river

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through central china

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mekong river

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southeast asia

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yellow river

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northern china

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the great dividing range

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eastern australia

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great barrier reef

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off the coast of queensland, australia

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eurasia

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europe and asia

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sahel

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region in north-central africa

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caucasus

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between the black sea and caspian sea

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