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A deep narrow valley with steep sides.

A deep narrow valley with steep sides. Canyon. __ are underground layers of rock or sand that trap water. aquifers. Dry land with little precipitation. desert. A line that measures how far north or south from the equator a place is. latitude. This river carved the Grand Canyon.

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A deep narrow valley with steep sides.

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  1. A deep narrow valley with steep sides. Canyon

  2. __ are underground layers of rock or sand that trap water. aquifers

  3. Dry land with little precipitation. desert

  4. A line that measures how far north or south from the equator a place is. latitude

  5. This river carved the Grand Canyon Colorado River

  6. To change in order to survive in the environment. adapt

  7. Lines of ___ measure how east or west from the Prime Meridian a place is. longitude

  8. A liquid fossil fuel often referred to as oil petroleum

  9. This “colorful” desert in found in northern AZ and NM. The Painted Desert

  10. A long period of little or no precipitation. drought

  11. This desert is found in the southern part of Texas into Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert

  12. 0 degrees longitude. Prime meridian

  13. A canal or pipe that carries water to cities and farms aqueduct

  14. Meridians are to longitude as __ are to latitude. parallels

  15. A deep narrow valley with steep sides found in Arizona. Grand Canyon

  16. A __ is a place where underground water reaches the surface. Natural spring

  17. Parallels are to latitude as __ are to longitude. meridians

  18. The Gulf ___ Plain is found along the Texas coast . Coastal

  19. A hill with a flat top, smaller than a plateau Mesa

  20. Longitude and latitude are measured in this unit. degrees

  21. The large desert found in southwest Arizona. Sonoran Desert

  22. A small flat topped hill Butte

  23. ___ oil is petroleum that comes from the groud. Crude

  24. A special type of factory that turns crude oil into refined products like gasoline or heating oil. refinery

  25. 0 degrees latitude. The Equator

  26. ___ are man made substances that are produced from petroleum. petrochemicals

  27. 90 degrees north. The North Pole

  28. This water feature separates Texas from Mexico. The Rio Grande

  29. The slow wearing away of the land by wind or water erosion

  30. The major plateau found in the southwest in part of AZ and NM. Colorado Plateau

  31. STATE ARIZONA

  32. CAPITAL AUSTIN

  33. PLAIN COASTAL PLAIN

  34. CAPITAL OKLAHOMA CITY

  35. RIVER RIO GRANDE

  36. RIVER COLORADO RIVER

  37. PLAIN GREAT PLAINS

  38. SANTA FE CAPITAL

  39. DESERT SONORAN

  40. RIVER RED RIVER

  41. STATE OKLAHOMA

  42. DESERT PAINTED DESERT

  43. DESERT CHIHUAHUAN DESERT

  44. CANYON GRAND CANYON

  45. STATE TEXAS

  46. PLAIN STAKED PLAIN

  47. WATER GULF OF MEXICO

  48. CAPITAL PHOENIX

  49. STATE NEW MEXICO

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