physical North America

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Across
  1. 2. segment of the Pacific mountain system of western North America
  2. 3. a Major Mountain system of the U.S. and Canada, extending 3000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico
  3. 4. a major river that runs north to south almost the length of the United States from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, and is part of the longest river system on the continent
  4. 8. distinctive natural feature of western North America that is equally divided into rugged, north to south trending mountain blocks and broad intervening valleys.
  5. 9. a river that flows for 980 miles from Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River in Illinois
  6. 10. one of two major mountain chains in the eastern United States to Canada extending 1600 miles from Newfoundland south to Alabama
  7. 13. a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington, northern California and Oregon one part of the Coast Ranges
Down
  1. 1. longest river in the US it flows about 4127 km in the meandering course of the Mississippi River
  2. 5. the seaway that connects the great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
  3. 6. a mountain range in eastern California contains mount Whitney
  4. 7. a region of southern California south east of Sierra Nevada formed by volcanic action and materials deposited by the Colorado River
  5. 11. geographic region in the eastern United States, It comprises a relatively low rolling plateau (from 300 to 1,800 feet [90 to 550 m]) cut by many rivers and is a fertile agricultural region
  6. 12. largest river flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. It is exceeded in discharge on the continent only by the Mississippi, St. Lawrence, and Mackenzie rivers.