Geography of the Americas Flashcards
Grade 5 · Social Studies · Flashcards
Key geographic terms, landforms, and bodies of water for North, Central, and South America.
Flashcards
- Rocky Mountains
- A major mountain range in western North America stretching from Canada through the western United States.
- Appalachian Mountains
- An older, lower mountain range in eastern North America running from Alabama northward to Canada.
- Great Plains
- A vast, flat grassland in central North America, stretching from Canada to Texas — important for farming and ranching.
- Mississippi River
- One of the longest rivers in North America, flowing south from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and draining much of the continent's interior.
- Great Lakes
- The five largest freshwater lakes in the world on the U.S.–Canada border: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (HOMES).
- Amazon River
- The world's largest river by water volume, flowing across South America and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
- Amazon Rainforest
- The world's largest tropical rainforest, located mainly in Brazil, covering about 2.7 million square miles.
- Andes Mountains
- The world's longest above-ground mountain range, running along the western edge of South America from Venezuela to Chile.
- Panama Canal
- An artificial waterway through Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, completed in 1914.
- Caribbean Sea
- A body of water southeast of the Gulf of Mexico, bordered by Central America, South America, and the Caribbean islands.
- Gulf of Mexico
- A large body of water bordered by the United States, Mexico, and Cuba; the Mississippi River flows into it.
- Continental Divide
- The ridge along the Rocky Mountains that divides rivers flowing toward the Pacific Ocean from those flowing toward the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico.
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