The Midwest:

The Midwest - Geography

On the right you ‘ll get some names of geographical features you can find in the Midwest. You have to link them with the correct description on the left. Use the internet to find the correct answer. Afterwards you can check yourself by filling in the excel file! Good luck!

A	Appalachians	1	an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate.
B	Great Lakes	2	a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, 1,579 km (981 mi) long in the eastern United States. Of great significance in the history of North America dating from the time of the Native Americans, the river was a primary transportation route during the westward expansion of the early U.S. It flows through or along the border of six states, and its watershed encompasses 14 states, including many of the states of the southeastern U.S. through its largest tributary, the Tennessee. During the eighteenth century it was the southern boundary of the Northwest Territory, thus serving as the border between free and slave territory
C	Prairies	3	a vast system of North American mountains, partly in Canada, but mostly in the United States, extending as a zone,100 to 300 miles wide, running, 1500 miles south-westward The system is divided into a series of ranges, with the individual mountains averaging around 3000 ft. The highest of the group is Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina.
D	Rockies	4	A group of small mountains spanning across the northwestern Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties, near the shore of Lake Superior. The area is part of the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Porcupine Mountains were named by the native Ojibwa people, supposedly because their silhouette had the shape of a porcupine

E	Porcupine mountains	5	a group of five large lakes on or near the United States-Canadian border. They are the largest group of fresh water lakes on the earth and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system is the largest fresh-water system in the world. They are sometimes referred to as inland seas
F	Ohio river	6	a broad mountain range in western North America. They stretch more than 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) from British Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States. The highest peak is Mount Elbert, in Colorado, which is 14,440 feet (4,401 meters) above sea level