saralynroberts chapter 5 geo.

since when has the manufactoring been declined

1950s

what 2 places have the largest petroleum reserves

alaska and texas

what is a channel or pipeline for moving large quanities of water

aqueduct

who live along the alantic coatal states and the pacific states

asian and pacific isladers

what is the dry area between the pacific ranges& the rocky montains

columbia plateau

what is a physical feature that determines that direction of river flow

divide

what is the eastern u.s. boundary where the elevated piedmont area drops to the lower atlantic coastal plain

fall line

what do you call it when a borrower gives up rights to a property because of nonpayment

foreclosure

silicon valley,seatle washington; and austin texas have become leaders of what

high tech industry

a place on the ocean floor through which magma vents to create an underwater that may graph is called what

hotspot

what is a powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean water

hurricane

alot of what moved to the sunbelt

manufactoring

what is a community lying on the fridges of metropolitian

shrubs

a haze caused by a polultion is what

smog

what provides habitiats for a great varity of vegetation and wildlife

swamps and wetlands

where the first factores

the fall line in the northeast

what is the flat landscape east of the rocky mountains

the great plains

what is the purpose of the great lake water quality agreement joint u.s. canadian project

to reduce pollution

what is a small river or stream that feeds into a larger river

tributary