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Answer
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Mountain range stretching from Alabama to Newfoundland
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Appalachian Mountains
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Mountain range stretching from New Mexico to British Columbia
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Rocky Mountains
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Highest peak in contiguous United States
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Mount Whitney
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Range in which above peak is located
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Sierra Nevada
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Highest peak in North America
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Denali
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Trio of mountain ranges that extend along the eastern, southern, and western coasts of Mexico
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Sierra Madre
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Set of five large, freshwater lakes between the US and Canada
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Great Lakes
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River which drains the above lakes
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St. Lawrence River
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Largest freshwater lake in North America (and, by surface area, in the world)
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Lake Superior
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Largest saltwater lake in North America
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Great Salt Lake
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Lowest, driest, and hottest location in North America
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Death Valley
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Large, arid drainage area of western US that does not open to the sea, includes most of Utah and almost all of Nevada
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Great Basin
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By some measures, the longest river in North America
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Missouri River
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Long river that flows from Minnesota to Louisiana
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Mississippi River
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Strait separating North America from Asia
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Bering Strait
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Broad expanse of mostly fertile prairie in central US and Canada
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Great Plains
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Narrow strip of land that connected North America to South America until 1914
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Isthmus of Panama
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Swampy region of the above with no roads going through it
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Darién Gap
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Huge stretch of very old igneous rock covered with a thin layer of soil that covers over half of Canada
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Canadian Shield
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Largest island in North America (excluding Greenland)
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Baffin Island
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Peninsula that includes part of southeastern Mexico and parts of Belize and Guatemala
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Yucatan Peninsula
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Large bay that cuts deeply into eastern Canada
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Hudson Bay
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Longest river in Canada
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Mackenzie River
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Large sea east of Central America
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Caribbean Sea
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Largest island in this sea
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Cuba
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Long, narrow peninsula south of the state of California
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Baja California
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Region of swampy wetlands in southern Florida
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Everglades
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmus_of_Panama