US Physical Features

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A large body of water that is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean south of the United States and east of Mexico.

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Gulf of Mexico

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This is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. The other four Great Lakes are shared by the U.S. and Canada.

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Lake Michigan

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The large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico

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Rio Grande

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It is the second largest Great Lake by surface area and the fifth largest freshwater lake in the world. It has the longest shoreline of the Great Lakes, counting the shorelines of its 30,000 islands.

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Lake Huron

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The mountain range that separates California and Nevada

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Sierra Nevada Mountains

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The river that forms a border between Iowa and Nebraska

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Missouri River

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This land feature is the broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains.

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Great Plains

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This large body of water surrounds the only island state.

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Pacific Ocean

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A system of mountains in the eastern portion of the United States from Maine south to Georgia.

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Appalachian Mountains

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The bay that is just east of the nation's capital

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Chesapeake Bay