North America Geography Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering geography terms, landforms, and severe weather patterns from the lecture notes.

Contiguous

Joined together inside a common boundary

Megalopolis

Connected area of urban communities

Prairie

Rolling inland grasslands with fertile soil

Cordillera

A group of mountain ranges that run side by side

Canyons

Deep valleys with steep sides

Glaciers

Giant sheets of ice

Divide

A high point that determines the direction that rivers flow

Tornado

A wind storm in the form of a funnel-shop Cloud that often touches the groun

Hurricans

Wind systems that form over the me in tropical areas and bring violent stars with heavy rains

Blizzards

Severe winter storme that last several hours and combine high winds with heavy show

Pacific Coast

Affected by moist ocean winds

The West

a desert climate Hotof hot summers and mild winters

The Great Plains

The area benefits from Moisture bearing wins from the Gulf of Mexico and from the Arctic

The East

United States and Canada have human climate regions that receive plenty of year round precipitation

Tropical area

Climates are found in two areas of the United States

Canada US and Mexico

What are 3 countries that make North America

Hawaii

What state has an active volcano in it?