Physical Geography of North America

1.The Pacific Ocean is the ocean on the western coast of North America.2. The Gulf of Mexico is the body of water between Texas and Florida.3. The Atlantic Ocean is the ocean on the east coast of North America.4. The Hudson Bay is the large bay surrounded by the Canadian Shield.5. The Arctic Oceanis the world's northern most ocean. 6. Greenland is a large island that could be called Iceland.7. Hawaiian Islands are Pacific islands that were formed by underwater volcanoes.8. Newfoundlandis a Canadian island that may not be as "new" as it sounds.9. Aleutian Islandsare a string of Alaskan islands that almost touch Russia.10. Queen Elizabeth Islandsand the current Queen of England share a name with these Canadian islands 11. Lake Winnipeg is a large lake located in the middle of Manitoba, Canada.12. Great Slave Lake- the Mackenzie River flows out of this lake.13. Lake Michigan- this Great Lake shares its name with the state it borders.14. Lake Superior- some may consider this Great Lake as the "biggest" of the Great Lakes.15. Lake Erie is a town in Pennsylvania with the same name as this Great Lake.16. Lake Huron is the Great Lake that borders the states of Michigan and Ontario.17. Lake Ontario- this Great Lake shares its name with the Canadian province it borders.18. Great Salt Lake - this lake does not contain fresh water and has the same name as a city in the state in which it is located.19. Great Bear Lake is Canada's northernmost lake; the Arctic Circle runs through it. 20. The Appalachian Mountains are a mountain chain running 1,600 miles from Newfoundland to Alabama.21. Brooks Rangeis the northernmost mountain range in the United States located in the state of Alaska.22. Mt. McKinley is the tallest mountain in the United States and is found in Alaska.23. Mt. Logan is located in the Yukon Territory, and is the highest mountain in Canada.24. Rocky Mountainsis a series of mountain ranges that stretch 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico.25. Cascade Range is the mountain range running through Washington and Oregon.26. Sierra Nevadaare mountains that run along the border of California and Nevada. 27. Death Valley is the lowest point in North America.28. Canadian Shield is a rocky, mainly flat area in Canada that covers nearly 2 million square miles around Hudson Bay.29. Coastal Plainsis a low elevation area running along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.30. Great Plainsis a largely treeless area running north from the Texas panhandle into Canada.31. Great Basin is a "bowl shaped area" located west of the Rocky Mountains in Nevada and Utah. 32. Mississippi Riverhas a length of 2,357 miles and is the largest river in North America.33. Colorado River is the river that runs through the Grand Canyon before emptying into the Gulf of California.34. Mackenzie Riveris the longest river in Canada that runs from Great Slave lake to the Beaufort Sea.35. Missouri Riveris a river that is just longer than the Mississippi River and flows through the western United States. Lewis and Clark explored this river.36. St. Lawrence River is a Canadian river that is a major shipping rout flowing out of the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean.37. Rio Grandeis a river that forms the border between the United States and Mexico.38. Ohio River is a river that forms a natural border for the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.39. Yukon River is the river that flows across the state of Alaska and empties into the Bering Sea.40. Columbia River is the river that forms a natural boundary between Washington and Oregon and flows into the Pacific Ocean. 41. Yucatan Peninsula is a point of land reaching out from the southernmost part of Mexico.42. Panama is a country that is an isthmus connecting North and South America.43. West Indies is another name for the group of islands located in the Caribbean Sea.44. Sierra Madre Occidental are the mountains running down the west coast of Mexico.45. Lake Nicaragua is a lake on the border of Costa Rica and Nicaragua.46. Everglades is an area in Florida where alligators live and thrive.47. Labrador Peninsula is the land between Hudson Bay and Labrador Sea.48. Baja California is a peninsula below California but part of Mexico.49. Gulf of California is a body of water between Baja California and the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range.50. Caribbean Seais a body of water where many North American islands are located.