Major Mountains, Ranges and other features of the World, School of Dad – Flashcards
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Mt. Aconcagua
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Part of the Andes mountain range, this maintain is the second highest of the "Seven Summits", behind only Mount Everest in Asia. At 22,837 feet (6,961 meters), not only is it the highest mountain in South America, it is the tallest peak in all of the Americas as well as the Southern and Western Hemispheres.
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The Aleutian Islands
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A chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the United States and Russia. They form part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean off the Alaska Peninsula.
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The Alps
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Europe's Largest Mountain system Europe, countries of Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Germany, France, and Austria.
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Amazon River
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South America
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Appalachians
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The oldest mountains in the United States located in the Eastern United States
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Andes Mountains (Inca)
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South America Continent
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The Arctic Circle
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One of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. It runs 66°33?45.8? [1] NORTH of the Equator.
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The Arabian Desert
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Located in Western Asia.
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Atlas Mountains
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Africa's longest mountain range
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Black Sea
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Located in Southeastern Europe, north of Asia Minor (Turkey)
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Mt. Blanc
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The highest mountain in the Alps and the highest peak in Europe outside of the Caucasus range. Ranked 11th tallest mountain in the world.
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Brooks Range
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From the top of which mountain range in the US could you see the Arctic Ocean?
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Cape Horn
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The southern tip of South America
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Cascade-Sierra Nevadas mountain range
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northwest United States
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Caribbean Sea
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A branch of the Atlantic Ocean south of Cuba and a fairly sized amount of Central America
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Cascades
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What is the tallest mountain range in Oregon and Washington?
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Coral Sea
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Sea in the South Pacific, off the northeast coast of Australia
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Mt. Everest
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Mountain on the border of Tibet and Nepal in the central Himalayas. At over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak in the world and It was first scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.
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The Great Basin Desert
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Is the largest US desert on the North American continent, bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east, the Columbia Plateau to the north and the Mojave and Sonoran deserts to the south.
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The Great Sandy Desert
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Australian continent located in Northwest Australia.
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Gulf of Mexico
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Boarders Mexico on the East coast
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Himalayan Mountains
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The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India, separating it from the rest of Asia.
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Iberian Peninsula
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A peninsula of southwest Europe occupied by Spain and Portugal.
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Isthmus of Panama
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A narrow strip of land south of the Caribbean Sea that connects Mexico & Central America to South America
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K2
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Tallest mountain in Pakistan @ 28,253 ft.
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Kilimanjaro
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A dormant volcanic mountain in Tanzania, continent of Africa. It is the highest mountain in Africa, The first recorded ascent to the summit of the mountain was by Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in 1889.
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The Matterhorn
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A mountain in the Alps, straddling the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a huge pyramidal peak.
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Mediterranean Sea
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Located south of European continent an North of African continent
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Mississippi River
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North America Continent
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Mt. McKinley
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# L on this map, AKA Denali, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet. Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. Located in the Alaska Range.
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Nile River
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Located in Africa
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Olympics
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a mountain range on the Olympic peninsula in western Washinton
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Philippines Sea
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East and northeast of the Philippines occupying the western part of the North Pacific.
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Pyrenees mountain Range
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Protects the Iberian peninsula .
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Red Sea
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An inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
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River Rhine
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Located in Europe
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Rio Grande
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The border of Mexico & New Mexico + Texas, Flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico
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The Rocky Mountains
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What mountain range forms the continental divide in Western North America
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The Sahara Desert
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The world's largest hot desert and covers most of northern Africa.
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Sierra Madres Occidental
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mountain range along the west coast of mexico.
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Sierra Madre Oriental
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Mountain range on the east coast of Mexico
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Sierra Nevadas
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mountain range in eastern California. Highest peak - Mt. Whitney (14,495 ft)
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Yangtze River
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China, continent of Asia
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Sierra Madre Occidental
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Mountain Range on the west coast of Mexico
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Tropic of Cancer
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The most northerly circle of latitude on the Earth at which the Sun is at the solstice. Also referred to as the Northern Tropic.
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The Tropic of Capricorn
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The circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point on the December (or southern) solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be directly overhead. Its northern equivalent is the Tropic of Cancer. Also called the Southern Tropic
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Urals
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The mountain range that separates the continents of Asia and Europe extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea
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Yucatan Peninsula
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Peninsula Separates the Caribbean sea from the Gulf of Mexico
