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180°    60°N    Anchorage   ELEVATION IN METERS
         0     300 Miles  170°W                        4000+
                      Bering
         0  300 Kilometers                             2000–4000
                       Sea  160°W   150°W
           A l e u t i a n   I s l a n d s             500–1,999                                    70°N  EURASIAN
                                                       200–499                                         PLATE
                                      Sea Level        0–199
          50°N
                                                       Below sea
                                                       level                                          20°W
                                                                                     Greenland         Arctic Circle
                        70°N
               Bering    Strait   ARCTIC OCEAN
          170°W                                                              Baffin                        30°W
                                   Prudhoe Bay
                                                                              Bay
                         Brooks Range
                                                                                                            60°N
                                                                                                         40°W
                                                                          Baffin Island
                Anchorage               Mackenzie R.
           NORTH              YUKON
                   Alaska Range
          AMERICAN           TERRITORY
           PLATE  Gulf of                                  NUNAVUT
                              Whitehorse
                 Alaska               NORTHWEST TERRITORIES                                               50°W
            150°W  PACIFIC                        Great
                PLATE  140°W                      Slave Lake           Hudson                    NEWFOUNDLAND
                                                                         Bay                         AND LABRADOR
             PACIFIC           Coast Mountains  BRITISH
              OCEAN              COLUMBIA  ALBERTA          MANITOBA                                  Newfoundland
                                               C       A      N       A      D       A
                                              Edmonton         Lake                                  Prince
                      50°N                                     Winnipeg                              Edward
                              Vancouver              Saskatoon                          QUÉBEC       Island
                                 Island  R   Calgary
                                 Vancouver  O    SASKATCHEWAN           ONTARIO                   NEW  P.E.I.
                                   Puget Columbia R.   C  G  Regina                     Quebec City  BRUNSWICK  60°W
                         130°W     Sound   K        R           Winnipeg                        Saint John
                         JUAN DE  Seattle   Y        E                                   St.    Lawrence R.  Montréal  Halifax
                         FUCA     Portland           A                   L. Superior   Ottawa        NOVA SCOTIA
                         PLATE                M       T   Missouri   Minneapolis-          Adirondack
                                                                                           Mtns.
                              Coast  Ranges   Range   N  P L  UNITED  Milwaukee  L. Michigan   Detroit  L.  Erie  Buffalo  Bridgeport  40°N
                  PACIFIC PLATE  Cascade  Range   Boise  O U       St. Paul     L.Huron  Toronto L. Ontario   Boston
                                                                                 Hamilton
                                                                                                 Providence
                                                           ST A TES
                                                                                               New York City
                                               Teton
                                                                                    Cleveland
                       40°N       Great           T A   A               Chicago  Pittsburgh   Philadelphia
                                         Great
                                                                   R.
                                             City
                                         Salt  Salt Lake  I  I N  Platte   R.   R.   Indianapolis  Columbus  Baltimore
                         Sacramento  Central       Valley   Lake           Cincinnati APPALACHIAN  HIGHLANDS  Washington, D.C.
                      San Francisco  Sierra Nevada      Basin  N  Denver  S  St. Louis  Ohio               R.      Chesapeake Bay
                         San Jose           Colorado R.   S     Kansas         Louisville  n  t  Virginia Beach
                                                                 City

                                         Grand  Colorado     Arkansas         R.   Ozark  Mtns.   Charlotte  o
                                  Las Vegas                                 Nashville
                                         Canyon  Plateau  Oklahoma   Ouachita             m
                           Los Angeles  Salton     Albuquerque  City  Plateau  Memphis   d    ATLANTIC
                                Riverside  Sea   Phoenix     Red R.               Atlanta  e
                              San Diego                                                i       OCEAN      30°N
                                         Tucson              Dallas-      Mississippi   P
                                                           Fort Worth
              0     250   500 Miles                El Paso                              Jacksonville     70°W
                                 30°N      NORTH                        New
                                    PACIFIC
              0   250  500 Kilometers  PA  AMERICAN   Rio   Grande  Austin  Houston  Orleans  Orlando
                                    PLATE  PLATE        San Antonio                Tampa-
                                    P
               160°W           155°W                                           St. Petersburg
                        PACIFIC
                   Kauai  OCEAN                                                    Florida  Miami
                       Oahu                        MEXICO            Gulf of Mexico  Keys
                  Honolulu  Maui                                                           80°W
                                                                                           80°W
                    HAWAII                                                                NORTH AMERICA
             20°N                                                                        Political & Physical Map
                  0   100 Miles                                                        Metropolitan areas more than 20 million
                               Hawaii                                      90°W
                  0  100 Kilometers                                                    Metropolitan areas 10–20 million
                                                                                       Metropolitan areas 5–9.9 million
                                                                                       Metropolitan areas 1–4.9 million
                                                                                       Selected smaller metropolitan areas
                                                                                       Plate boundaries
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