The Americas: Physical Features
Andes Mountains
A large system of mountain ranges located along the Pacific coast of Central and South America
Mississippi River
A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.
Amazon River
A major river in South America that flows through Perú, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.
St. Lawrence River
Connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
Mojave Desert
It is the hottest, driest, lowest desert in the U.S.
Rio Grande River
Large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico
Great Salt Lake
Largest saltwater lake in North America
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Mountain range that separates California and Nevada?
Atlantic Ocean
Ocean on the East Coast of the United States?
Pacific Ocean
Ocean on the West Coast of the United States
Hudson River
River in eastern New York that flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Colorado River
River in south-west US which starts in the Rocky mountains and ends in the gulf
Snake River
River joins the Columbia river and forms part of the Oregon-Idaho border
Parana River
River that drains much of central South America; flows into Rio de La Plata.
Uruguay River
River that forms the natural boundary between Argentina and Uruguay.
Panama Canal
Ship canal cut across the isthmus of Panama by United States, it opened in 1915.
Lake Manitoba
This is a lake in the central southeastern part of a province that is named after it. It is the smallest of the three major lakes in the region, and its main inflow has been dammed just upstream from its mouth to regulate the water level of this lake.
Lake Winnipeg
a body of water that is located in Manitoba near the capital city of Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
a body of water that is located off the coasts of Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec
Gulf of Mexico
a body of water that is located off the southern coast of the United States and the eastern coast of Mexico
Bering Sea
a body of water that is located off the western coast of Alaska between Alaska and Russia
Atacama Desert
a desert located in northern Chile near the border with Peru
Rocky Mountains
a mountain range that runs through the midwestern states through Alberta and British Columbia in Canada
Appalachian Mountains
a mountain ranges that starts in Alabama and Georgia and runs through Maine
Orinoco River
a river mainly in Venezuela and part of South America's northernmost river system
Plata River
a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast of South America between Uruguay to the north and Argentina to the south. While some geographers regard it as a gulf or as a marginal sea of the Atlantic, and others consider it to be a river, it is usually held to be the estuary of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers
Strait of Magellan
a waterway near the southern tip of South America
Carribean Sea
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America
Sierra Madre Oriental
mountain range that runs from north to south down the eastern part of Mexico
Sierra Madre Occidental
mountain range that runs from north to south down the western part of Mexico
Ohio River
one of Mississippi tributary river on the east
Lake Michigan
one of the Great Lakes; a body of water that is located off the coasts of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana
Lake Huron
one of the Great Lakes; a body of water that is located off the coasts of Ontario and Michigan
Lake Ontario
one of the Great Lakes; a body of water that is located off the coasts of Ontario and New York
Lake Erie
one of the Great Lakes; a body of water that is located off the coasts of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and Ontario near the city of Erie, Pennsylvania
Lake Superior
one of the Great Lakes; the LARGEST of the 5 lakes; a body of water that is located off the coasts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario
Lake Titicaca
the lake between Bolivia and Peru; highest lake in the world on which ships can travel
Missouri River
the longest river in the United States
Paraguay River
this river rises in the Bolivian hills and empties into the parana river
