Geography 3025: The Geography of the United States and Canada
Fall Semester, 2008

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Place Name List

It is assumed that students taking this course know the location of states, provinces, larger physical features (i.e., major mountain ranges, major rivers and lakes) and the major cities of the US and Canada.  The following place name list focuses on a selection of sub-regional areas that have outstanding characteristics.  You are expected to know both the location and characteristics of these areas.  The majority of the place names can be found in the textbook, so use the text index as well as other maps and sources to locate them and determine their significance.  The others will be discussed in class. This process is also good preparation for examinations.

*These are place names we’ll discuss in-depth in class and their locations may vary from those listed in your book.

                                                                        Canadian Cities:

Adirondack Mountains                                   Calgary                       

Arkansas River                                                Charlottetown

Aroostook Valley                                            Edmonton

Athabaska Tar Sands                                      Fredericton

*Belts:                                                             Halifax

*Corn                                                              Iqaluit

*Cotton                                                           Montreal

*Dairy                                                             Ottawa

*Fruit                                                              Quebec City

*Wheat (Winter, Spring)                                 Regina

Black Hills                                                      St. John’s

Bluegrass Basin                                               Toronto

Butte-Anaconda District                                Vancouver

Canadian River                                               Victoria

Cape Cod                                                        Whitehorse

Carolina Piedmont                                          Windsor

Cascade Ranges                                              Winnipeg

Central Valley                                                 Yellowknife

Coast Ranges

Colorado Plateau/River

Columbia Plateau/River

Connecticut River

Cumberland River

Death Valley

Delmarva Peninsula

Driftless Area

Erie Canal

Everglades

Finger Lakes District

Gila River

Grand Coulee

Great Lakes (Be able to name each one)

Imperial Valley

Hudson Bay

Kanawha River

Le Grande River

Llano Estacado (Staked Plains)

Long Island

Megalopolis

Mesabi Range

Mississippi River

Missouri River

Mohawk Corridor

Nashville Basin

Ogallala Aquifer

Ontario Peninsula

Peace River District

Pecos River

Pine Barrens

Platte River

Potomac River

Puget Sound

Rio Grande

St. Lawrence River

San Joaquin Valley

Sierra Nevada

Silicon Valley

Snake River

Sun Belt

Tennessee River

Wabash River

Willamette Valley

Yazoo River

Yukon River

Additionally, you’ll need to learn every city, river and water body listed on the map handout.