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Andes Mountains

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-mountain range that runs through the western side of South America
-passes through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile

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Atacama Desert

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-desert in the north of Chile
-on the pacific coast of South America
-west of the Andes Mountains

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Amazon River Basin

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-north of South America
-flows west to east
-starts in the Andes

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Pampas

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-south eastern (Atlantic) coast of South America
-central Argentina

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Llanos

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-east of the Andes
-northwestern South America

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Amazon Rainforest

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-northwestern South America
-mainly in Brazil but also in a couple other countries

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eurasia

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-europe and asia

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Iberian Peninsula

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-the region of Spain and Portugal

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Scandinavian Peninsula

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-northwestern europe (roughly sweden, norway, and finland)

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Italian Peninsula

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-southern europe (italy)

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Jutland Peninsula

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-denmark and a northern part of germany
-north europe

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sicily

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-island south of italy

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alps

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-mountain ranges in south-central europe

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Pyrenees

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-mountain range between france and spain

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Northern European Plain

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  • plains from france in the westto the ural mountains in the east
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Danube

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a river in southwestern germany, flowing from germany’s black forest east into the black sea

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Rhine

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  • north of Seine
    -river in central and western europe
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Seine

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-river in northern france

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Volga

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-river that flows from central russia to southern russia

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Baltic Sea

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-northern europe
-east of Sweden
-west of lithuania estonia and latvia

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Aegean Sea

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-between greece and turkey

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Mediterranean Sea

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-south of europe
-north of africa

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Black Sea

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-between europe and asia
-southeast europe
- is north of Turkey and south of Ukraine

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North Sea

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-northern europe between UK, denmark, and norway

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Atlantic Ocean
-east of north and south america -west of europe and africa
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Arctic Ocean
-north of and surrounded by eurasia and north america
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Strait of Gibraltar
-south of spain -north of morocco -connects the mediterrarian sea to the atlantic ocean
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Black Forest
-southwestern germany
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Po Valley
-northern italy
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Sydney
southeast coast of Australia
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Himalayas
north of india south of china
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Western and Eastern Ghats
western ghats are along west coast of India eastern ghats are along east coast
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Mount Fuji
south of japan (near pacific coast) southwest of tokyo
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Indian Ocean
south of India west of Australia east of africa
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Ganges River
north india and bangladesh
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Indus River
northwest of india southeast of pakistan
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Brahmaputra River
northeastern india southwestern china
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Pacific Ocean
west of north and south america east of Asia and Australia
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Yangtze River
river from west to east china
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Mekong River
flows from western china south into the South China Sea
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Yellow River
north and western china
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Caucasus
east of the black sea south of russia west of the caspian sea
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Ural Mountains
western russia seperating Europe and Asia, with Europe to the west and Asia to the East
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Ob River
flows through central russia and western siberia
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Amur River
along the border of the two countries south of russia north of china
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Lake Baikal
south east siberia
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Caspian Sea
south of russia and kazakstan north of iran
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Aral Sea
central asia northwest of uzbekistan
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Bering Strait
between pacific and arctic oceans west of alaska east of russia
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Kalahari Desert
southern africa south africa and botswana
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St Petersburg
northwestern side of russia
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Novosibirsk
south central russia
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Namib Desert
southwestern africa in namibia
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Nile River
flows down from north africa to cental africa
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Zambezi River
south of the congo river and lake victoria and lake tanganyika east africa
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Niger River
west africa
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Indian Ocean
south of asia west of Australia east of africa
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Red Sea
east of egypt and sudan west of Saudi Arabia
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Lake Victoria
east africa west of kenya north Tanzania
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Lake Tanganyika
east central africa east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Atlas Mountains
mountain range in northern africa (algeria, morocco, tunisia)
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Tigris River
southwestern asia west of Caspian Sea and East of the Black Sea flowing into the persian gulf
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Dardanelles Strait
south of the bosporus strait (north west turkey)
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Bosporus Strait
south of the black sea in istanbul turkey (north west turkey) north of the dardanelles strait
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Jordan River
east of israel and lebanon , west of jordan and syria
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Mississippi River
river in the central us that flows from Minnesota to Louisiana
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St. Lawrence River
river from east-central north america
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Colorado River
river from north colorado to south west Arizona
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Columbia River
A river that flows into Washington then north to british columbia
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Rio Grande
south central us (from gulf of mexico to colorado) creates border for texas and mexico
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Gulf of Mexico
southeast us , east mexico
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Great Lakes
east-central north america, creates a border between Canada and us
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Hudson Bay
Northeastern canada
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Aleutian Islands
islands branching off of alaska southwest of alaska , east of russia
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Hawaiian Archipelago
north pacific ocean
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Appalachian Mountains
east us and canada
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Pacific Coastal Range
west (pacific) coast of us and canada
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Basin and Range
western US, northwest of Mexico
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Rocky Mountains
west of canada and us
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Great Plains
central us , little bit of southern canada
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Interior Lowlands
central us
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Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plain
southeastern us
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Canadian Shield
surrounds the hudson bay northeast of canada
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Grand Canyon
north arizona, east of las vegas
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Euphrates River
starts in south turkey and flows south east into syria and iraq
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Arabian Sea
south of asia southwest of india
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Zagros Mountains
mountain range on the west side of iran
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Strait of Hormuz
between oman and iran southeast of iran
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Sahel
south of the sahara extends from west to east africa
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Persian/Arabian Gulf
south of iran north of Saudi Arabia and UAE
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Taurus Mountains
southwestern side of turkey
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Sahara Desert
north of sahel north africa
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Congo River
west central africa
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Siberia
north asia and central and eastern russia
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Volga River
west russia
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Arabian Sea
west of india south of iran
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Bay of Bengal
northeastern Indian ocean
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The Great Barrier Reef
along the northeastern coast of Australia
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The Great Dividing Range
along the east coast of Australia
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Ruhr Valley
-west of germany
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Adriatic Sea
-body of water east of the italian peninsula
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Sierra Madres (name all three)
-mountain system in Mexico -Sierra Madre Occidental in the west -Sierra Madre Oriental - in the east -Sierra Madre del Sur - in the south

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