Major Rivers of North America
EEES 1050
Fall 2009
Locate all of the rivers listed below where they appear on either map of North America.
Highlight each river and label with the corresponding letter.
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DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
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{ 25 course points. Turned in by class on the following Tuesday 50% credit;
later than that, 25% credit.}
A very useful website with a zoom-able landform map:
http://www.shadedrelief.com/physical/usa_zoom.htm
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
aa
bb
cc
dd
Alabama
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee
Arkansas
Brazos
Canadian (hint, not in Canada)
Colorado
Columbia
Fraser
Hudson
Mackenzie
Mississippi, entire length
Missouri
Ohio
Pecos
Platte, North & South
Potomac
Red (northern one)
Red (southern one)
Rio Grande
Sacramento
Saskatchewan
Savannah
Snake
St. Lawrence
Susquehanna
Suwannee
Tennessee
Yakima
Yellowstone
Yukon
While you are completing this exercise, think about what type of terrain each river is
draining; and consider whether the river is prone to flash floods or more regional
downstream flooding?
To get PDF copies of world maps similar to the map of North America:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/refmaps.html
or simply Google "CIA maps of the world"
The JPGs at this site are relatively low resolution, but the PDFs can be zoomed
and show river names and other geographic information.
NORTH AMERICA
80
180
160
120 100
140
80
60
20
40
RUSSIA
80
le
(NORWAY)
Arctic Ocean
Pevek
Circ
Cherskiy
Jan Mayen
Alert
Arc
tic
160
0
Greenland Sea
Nord
East
Siberian
Sea
Ittoqqortoormiit
(Scoresbysund)
Ellesmere
Island
Anadyr'
Chukchi
Sea
180
Provideniya
O
BR
Nome
O
Prudhoe
Bay
KS
RA
NG
E
Kangerlussuaq
(Søndre Strømfjord)
Resolute
Banks
Island
nz
cke
Ma
Great Bear
Lake
Arctic
ie
C A N A D A
e
Slav er
Riv
Hay River
a
Ri
ve
r
Los Angeles
San Diego
Tijuana
Mexicali
Phoenix
o
Ri
de
an
Gr
DR
CI
OC
600 Miles
ISLAS
REVILLAGIGEDO
(MEXICO)
MEXICO
Ocean
THE BAHAMAS
Nassau
SI
ER
RA
MA
DR
E
LS
UR
Belmopan
Oaxaca
HONDURAS
Acapulco
Guatemala
GUATEMALA
100
Port-auPrince
JAMAICA
BELIZE
Puebla
DE
HAITI
Kingston
Cancún
Mérida
Bahía de
Campeche
Veracruz
Mexico
Havana
CUBA
Tampico
León
Boundary representation is
not necessarily authoritative.
120
Gulf of Mexico
Matamoros
AL
NT
DE
300
Charleston
Miami
Torreón
E
600 Kilometers
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Monterrey
MA
0
300
(U.K.)
Atlantic
New Orleans
San Houston
Antonio
Guadalajara
Scale: 1:38,700,000
0
Bermuda
Chihuahua
RA
SIER
nia
ifor
Cal
La Paz
Mazatlán
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection,
standard parallels 37°N and 65°N
North
El Paso
f
lf o
Gu
r
Memphis
Dallas
Trop
ic
Cance
S
S T A T E S
Hermosillo
of
River
Oklahoma City
Albuquerque
Ciudad
Juárez
20
Kansas City
r
ve
Ri
(lowest point in
North America, -86 m)
Denver
Boston
Toronto
Hamilton Lake I N
Erie
New York
Detroit
Windsor
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Baltimore
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Washington, D.C.
Columbus
River
Indianapolis
Norfolk
St. Louis
Lake
Michigan
Milwaukee
U N I T E D
Arkan
sas
60
Lake
Ontario
i
Mi ss i ss i pp
Death Valley +
rado
Colo
Lake Ottawa
Huron
TA
ES
AD
SC
Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
Las
Vegas
Montréal
Lake Superior
r
Rive
CA
Rive
r
Sydney
Fredericton
Halifax
Saint John
Québec
Thunder
Bay
uri
Misso
ke
Sna
ADA
NEV
RA
Sacramento
San Francisco
Great Salt
Lake
Charlottetown
Moosonee
Winnipeg
R
SIE
Ocean
St. Pierre
and Miquelon
(FRANCE)
St. Lawrence
Regina
i
mb
lu
Co
Gulf of
Chisasibi
Lake
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
S
I N
T A
U N
M O
Pacific
St. John's
Ne
lso
n
River
Seattle
40
er
Riv
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
Portland
ch
e
Edmonton wan
Island of
Newfoundland
Churchill
er
Riv
Sask
at
Happy ValleyGoose Bay
UN
Y
C K
R O
Peac
e
Lake
Athabasca
Prince Rupert
North
Schefferville
Hudson Bay
River
Prince
George
Labrador Sea
Ivujivik
Rankin Inlet
MO
Juneau
40
Iqaluit
Circle
Great Slave
Lake Yellowknife
Watson
Lake
Paamiut
(Frederikshåb)
HIAN
River
Whitehorse
Repulse Bay
Echo Bay
Narsarsuaq
Davis
Strait
AC
Dawson
er
Riv
Valdez
Inuvik
AL
on
Yuk
Kodiak
Gulf of
Alaska
140
Nuuk
(Godthåb)
Baffin
Island
Victoria
Island
Cambridge Bay
PP
Fairbanks
E
NG
RA
(highest point in
North America,6194 m)
+
KA
AS
AL
Anchorage
160
Beaufort
Sea
UNITED STATES
Mt. McKinley
Denmark
Strait
Tasiilaq
Baffin Bay
A
Bethel
20
Reykjavík
(DENMARK)
Oh
io
Bering
Sea
ICELAND
Greenland
QUEEN ELIZABETH
ISLANDS
Barrow
Bering
Strait
60
Qaanaaq
(Thule)
Caribbean
Sea
Tegucigalpa
San Salvador
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
Managua
80
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