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1 Colorado River Compact (established 1922):
Separate states into upper and lower basin Allocated 7.5 million acre-feet water per year to each basin *California receives most water of the three Lower Basin States Ad = 272,000 sq miles

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7 Orographic Precipitation

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10 Olympic Mountains Cascade Mountains

11 Pingo: Ice-cored feature in Arctic

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14 wind . Hilo

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17 Right-lateral strike/slip fault

18 Contour Lines: connect points of equal elevation
Gentle slope Steep slope (lines close together)

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24 Orographic Precipitation

25 Palo Verde Nuclear Plant (approximate location) X

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28 Nunavut


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