Quinling Shandi Mountains
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Quinling Shandi Mountains
• Divides the Northern part of China with the Southern part of China
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Himalayas• Mountain Chain in Southeast Asia– Mt. Everest located there• World’s tallest peak: 29,035 ft
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Archipelago• Long group of islands– Maldives Islands are example
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Storm surges• High waters– Caused by monsoon or hurricanes– Can cause severe hardships
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Three Gorges Dam
• China’s largest construction project– The world’s largest dam (Book says
will be)
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Oceania
• Group of Islands in the Pacific – More than 20,000 islands
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Great Barrier Reef• World’s Largest Corral Reef
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Bikini Atoll
• U.S. Nuclear testing site• Long-term effects – Bikini Islanders were exiled from their
homeland because of the testing
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Voyaging Canoe• Special Canoes for ocean travel – Developed by Pacific Islanders
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Ocean Current
• Water circulation system of the oceans and seas
• Helps to moderate regional climates
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Ijsselmeer• A freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders
• Located in the Netherlands
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Zuider Zee
• Former inlet of the North Sea • Located in the Netherlands
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Typhoon
• Tropical Storm that occurs in the Western Pacific
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Rocky Mountains
• Major mountain system of the western US and Canada
• Extends approximately 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico
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Appalachian Mountains• Major mountain system of the eastern US and Canada– Extends approximately 1,600 miles
from Newfoundland south to Alabama
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Mediterranean Climate
• Strong climate region for agriculture
• Located on the central and southern coasts of California
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Commodity
• An agricultural or mining product that can be sold
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One Commodity Country• A country that relies on one principle export for much of its earnings
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Cholera• An infectious disease that can be fatal– Caused by a lack of adequate
sanitation and clean water
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Malaria
• Infectious disease of the red blood cells– Carried by mosquitoes– Characterized by chills, fever,
sweating
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Estuary
• Broadened seaward end of a river where river currents meet the ocean tides
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Tiber River
• River in central Italy– Flows through Rome
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Rhine River
• River in central Europe flowing from Switzerland through Germany to the Netherlands
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Elbe River
• Major waterway in central Europe– Flows from Czech Republic, through
Germany to the North Sea
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Saigon
• Former Capital of South Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)
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Keban Reservoir
• Created by the Keban dam on the Euphrates river in southern Turkey
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Demarcation Line
• Line that separates two regions or countries
• Demilitarized Zone the separates North and South Korea 38th parallel
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Taedong River
• A large river in North Korea which flows past the capital Pyongyang into the Bay of Korea
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Lena River• River in Russia that flows from Lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean
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Volga River• Longest river in Europe– Flows through central Russia to the
Caspian Sea
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Estonia• Country in Northwestern Europe– Gained independence from the Soviet
Union in the 1990’s