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Andes Mountains

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along the western coast of south america

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Sierra Madres

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occidental - along the western side of mexico going north to south
oriental - along the east side of mexico going north to south
del sur - along the southern coast of mexico`

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Atacama Desert

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northern part of Chile

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Amazon River Basin

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the entire northern section of south america, to the east of the andes

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Pampas

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on the south eastern coast of south america, primarily in Argentina

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llanos

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grassland in northwestern south america, east of andes, in columbia and venezuela

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Amazon Rainforest

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primarily in Brazil, the entire northern section of south america

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Black Forest

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southwest germany

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ruhr valley

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western germany

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po valley

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northern italy

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iberian peninsula

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southwestern europe, spain and portugal

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scandinavian peninsula

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northern europe, norway sweden and finland

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italian peninsula

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southern europe

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jutland peninsula

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northern europe, denmark

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alps

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south-central europe, spanning several countries

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pyrenees

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mountains forming a border between spain and france

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northern european plain

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from southern united kingdom east to russia, central europe

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danube river

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central and eastern europe, empties into black sea

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rhine river

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begins in switzerland and runs through germany and the netherlands, northwestern europe

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seine

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northern france

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volga river

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runs through central russia to northeast russia, largest river in europe

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adriatic sea

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bordered in the west by the italian peninsula, and in the east by the balkan peninsula

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aegean sea

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between greece and turkey

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mediterranean sea

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between europe, north africa, and western asia

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baltic sea
northern europe, sweden in the west and mainland europe to the east
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black sea
southeastern europe, between europe and asia, turkey in the south
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north sea
between the british isles and the mainland of northwestern europe
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strait of gibraltar
between southern spain and northwestern africa, connects atlantic to mediterranean
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mississippi river
from the gulf of mexico to minnesota through the us going north to south
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st lawrence river
flows northeast from lake ontario to the gulf of st lawrence, north atlantic ocean
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colorado river
from the rocky mountains in colorado to the gulf of california in mexico, grand canyon
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columbia river
starts in columbia lake in canada and flows south to the pacific ocean in oregon
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rio grande river
starts in the rocky mountains in colorado to the gulf of mexico, forms border between us and mexico
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gulf of mexico
bordered by the united states in the north and mexico in the west, with the island of cuba to the southeast
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great lakes
on the united states-canada border in the east
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hudson bay
east-central canada
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aleutian islands
part of alaska, stem off of the west of alaska, with russia in the west, between russia and alaska
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hawaiian archipelago
central pacific ocean
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appalachian mountains
eastern united states
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pacific coastal range
from northern washington to southern california along the west coast of the us
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basin and range
southwestern us
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rocky mountains
western canada down into northwestern us
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great plains
through central north america, in the united states and canada
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interior lowlands
between the appalachian mountains and the great plains
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atlantic and gulf coastal plain
from the northeastern coast of the us down to the gulf coast of texas
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canadian shield
eastern, northeastern, and east-central canada and the upper midwest us
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grand canyon
arizona
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atlas mountains
mountain range in north africa
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taurus mountains
southern turkey
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zagros mountains
southwestern iran
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red sea
between north africa and asia, egypt sudan in the west and saudi arabia in the east
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arabian sea
between india and the arabian peninsula, northern part of indian sea
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persian/arabian gulf
between the arabian peninsula and iran
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strait of hormuz
between united arab emirates and iran, connects persian gulf to gulf of oman
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bosporus strait
located in turkey, connects the black sea to the marmara
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sahara
north africa
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dardanelles strait
northwestern turkey, connects marmara to the aegen sea
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nile river
runs through northeastern africa
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tigris river
southwestern asia, parallel to euphrates river
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euphrates river
western asia, parallel to tigris river
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jordan river
southwestern asia in middle east region, seperates jordan from israel and seperates israel from syria
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kalahari desert
southern africa
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namib desert
southwestern africa
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zambezi river
flows through southern africa into the indian ocean
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niger river
west africa
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congo river
west-central africa
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lake victoria
africa in tanzania kenya and uganda
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lake tanganyika
southeastern africa, mainly in the drc and tanzania
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ural mountains
in russia, form a boundary between europe and asia
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volga river
northwest russia, longest river in europe
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ob river
central russia
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amur river
forms the border between northeast china and southeast russia
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lake baikal
southeast siberia
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caspian sea
between eastern europe and western asia
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aral sea
central asia, between kazakhstan in the north and uzbekistan in the south
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bering strait
seperates russia and alaska at their closest point
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himalayas
across the northeastern part of india, across the south of china
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western and eastern ghats
western - west coast of india eastern - east coast of india
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mount fuji
southwest of tokyo in japan
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bay of bengal
northeastern part of the indian ocean
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ganges river
starts in western himalayas and flows down through india and into the bay of bengal
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indus river
northwestern india and pakistan
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brahmaputra river
southwestern china, northeastern india, and bangladesh
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yangtze river
through central china
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mekong river
southeast asia
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yellow river
northern china
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the great dividing range
eastern australia
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great barrier reef
off the coast of queensland, australia
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eurasia
europe and asia
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sahel
region in north-central africa
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caucasus
between the black sea and caspian sea

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