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American Wonders
Aurora Borealis
Grand Canyon
• Arizona• 446 km long • 6.4 to 29 km wide• Up to 1.83 km deep• 2 billion years old
Carlsbad Caverns
• New Mexico• 230 k below surface
Mammoth Cave
• Kentucky• Largest cave system in the world– 214 sq. km
Yellowstone
• Wyoming• 8,983 km• Active volcano
Painted Desert
• Arizona• Vast desert
Petrified Forest
• Arizona• 885 square km
Badlands
• South Dakota• 25.958 square km
Glaciers
• Alaska• 100,000
Mt. Kilauea
• Hawaii• Largest active volcano• On big island of Hawaii
Mohave Desert
• California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah 57,000 km
Great Lakes• Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York• Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.• Gouged out by glaciers.
Niagara Falls
New YorkStrongest falls in
North AmericaCanadian borderUp to 53 meters
high
The Everglades
• Florida• Subtropic wetlands• 300 square km
Bayous
• Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Georgia Marshy lands
Blue Ridge Parkway
• Virginia, North Carolina• Longest National Park– 755 km
Monuments
St. Augustine, Florida
Mount Rushmore
• South Dakota• Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson, Lincoln
Each head, 18 m 1927 - 1941
Gateway Arch
• Missouri• Symbolizes entrance to West
1965200 m high
Golden Gate Bridge
• California• 1937• Then-largest suspension bridge
Arlington Cemetery• Virginia• Once home to Robert E. Lee
Hoover Dam
• Arizona, Nevada• 1935• Then world’s largest concrete structure
Statue of Liberty
New York188692.99 m tall
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