By E.I. See Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland Grade 4 Integrated Curriculum 2012

Clarks Knob

Use the map, Pennsylvania Elevation, and the clues on the following page to determine the approximate location of Clarks Knob.

Clarks Knob Rising to 2,316 feet, Clarks Knob is the highest summit in the Blue Mountain range in Pennsylvania. It is protected within the Buchanan State Forest just north of the Pennsylvania’s border with Maryland. It is located east of the higher peak of Mt. Davis in the Appalachian Mountains, and west of the lower South Mountain.

Clarks Knob

Echo Lake

Use the map, Major Mountain Ranges and Peaks of the Northeast Region, and the clues on the following page to determine the approximate location of Echo Lake.

Echo Lake Echo Lake is typical of the many scenic lakes found in the Northeast. Echo Lake is named for the way that sound bounces off the surrounding Green Mountains. The water from Echo Lake eventually follows a series of streams and small rivers, eventually flowing into the St. Lawrence River. It is located in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, east of Lake Champlain and west of the highest peak in the Green Mountains.

Echo Lake

White Sands National Monument

Use the map, Southwest Region of the United States: Physical, and the clues on the following page to determine the approximate location of White Sands National Monument.

White Sands National Monument White Sands National Monument includes about 275 square miles of gypsum sand dunes. It is contained within the Tularosa Basin of southern New Mexico which is surrounded by mountains. The mountains and lack of rivers flowing through this area help create the dry conditions needed for gypsum sand dunes.

White Sands National Monument

Red Cloud Buttes

Use the map, Midwest Region of the United States: Political, and the clues on the following page to determine the approximate location of Red Cloud Buttes.

Red Clouds Buttes A butte is a hill with steep sides standing in an otherwise flat area. Buttes are commonly found in the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. Red Clouds Buttes are found in the northwest corner of Nebraska, just south of the border with South Dakota and east of Wyoming.

Red Cloud Buttes

Bog in Pine Barrens

Pine Barrens Use the map, The Northeast, Physical, and the clues on the following page to determine the approximate location of Pine Barrens.

Pine Barrens Also known as the Pinelands, the Pine Barrens are protected within the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve. Parts of this Reserve are located only 30 miles southeast of the urban center of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, yet most of the area remains rural. Located within the Atlantic Coastal Plain, this area has sandy, nutrient–poor soil that does not support crops. Many unusual plants are found such as orchids and carnivorous plants.

Pine Barrens

Suwannee River

Use the map, Latitude and Longitude of the Gulf of Mexico Region, and the clues on the following page to determine the approximate location of the Suwannee River.

Suwannee River The Suwannee River begins in the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge and runs through the Okefenokee Swamp located near 31⁰ N, 82⁰ W. The river crosses the Georgia border into Florida and flows to the Gulf of Mexico near 28⁰ N, 83⁰ W. The Suwannee is a blackwater river – a river with a deep channel that flows slowly through forested swamps and wetlands.

Suwannee River

Mississippi River

Feeds the largest river system in North America Flows entirely in the United States from Lake Itsaca in Minnesota in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south Runs through 10 states from Minnesota to Louisiana Drains into 31 states in the United States between the Appalachian Mountains to the east and the Rocky Mountains to the west Widely used for trade and recreation 2,320 miles long Floods periodically with the spring thaw

Mississippi River

Mississippi River FloodingFlooding Vicksburg, Mississippi 2011 Arkansas City, Arkansas 1927

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