North American Geography Quiz 5
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Topography
\-Low, flat
\-Many swaps, lakes, and costal marshes
\-Sandy soil, infertile
\-Bays, estuaries, inlets, and barrier islands
\-National seashore
\-Many swaps, lakes, and costal marshes
\-Sandy soil, infertile
\-Bays, estuaries, inlets, and barrier islands
\-National seashore
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Swamps and Bayous
-A wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water
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Bays
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Estuaries
A biologically rich, mixed zone of fresh and salt water located at the interface of land and sea
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Inlets/ Bay
A body of water partially enclosed by land but featuring a wide mouth, affording to the sea
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Barrier Islands
A long, narrow, sand island formed offshore by wave action
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Climate
\-Humid and subtropical
\-Long, hot, rainy summers
\-Mild, wet winters
\-Long, hot, rainy summers
\-Mild, wet winters
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Hazards
\-Hurricanes
\-Flooding
\-Thinderstorms
\-Flooding
\-Thinderstorms
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Immigration to coastal south
\-Cuban
\-Vietnamese
\-Vietnamese
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Agriculture
\-Citrus
\-Sugar
\-Rice
\-Sugar
\-Rice
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Tourism
\-Beaches
\-Theme parks
\-Gaming
\-Theme parks
\-Gaming
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
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Florida
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Alabama
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Mississippi
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Louisiana
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Texas
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Wilmington, NC
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Myrtle Beach, SC
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Charleston, SC
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Hilton Head, SC
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Savannah, GA
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Orlando, FL
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Tampa, FL
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Miami, FL
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Daytona Beach, FL
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Destin, FL
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Biloxi, MS
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New Orleans, LA
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Baton Rouge, LA
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Beaumont/ Port Arthur, TX
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Houston/ Galveston, TX
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Corpus Christi, TX
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Mississippi River
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Atlantic Costal Plain
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Gulf Costal Plain
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Galveston Bay
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Cape Hatteras (Island)
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Padre Island National Seashore
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Mobile Bay
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Tampa Bay
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Lake Okeechobee
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Gulf of Mexico
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Atchafalaya Bayou
