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Name: ___________________
Date: _________Period: _____
Activity: Geology & Geography of Colorado (60 points total)
Directions: Locate & label the following rivers, towns & cities, mountain peaks, mountain
ranges, and other geographic features of the state of Colorado.
MAP 1 – Locate and label the following features: (1/2 point each / 18 pts. total)
TOWNS & CITIES:
RIVERS:
MOUNTAIN PEAKS:
Steamboat Springs
Rio Grande
Mount Elbert
Denver
South Platte
Longs Peak
Cortez
Colorado
Mount Evans
Gateway
Animas
Pikes Peak
Rangely
Cache Le Poudre
Mount Antero
Greeley
San Juan
Aspen
White
Pueblo
Arkansas
Glenwood Springs
North Platte
Craig
Yampa
Buena Vista
Green
Durango
Dolores
Colorado Springs
Gunnison
Grand Junction
Fort Collins
Leadville
Alamosa
Trinidad
Cheyenne (Wyoming)
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Map 2 – Outline, label, and color-code the AREAS covered by each of these mountain
ranges and other geographic features:
MOUNTAIN RANGES: (color-code by mountain range type)
(2 pts. each / 30 pts. total)
KEY:
Gore Range
= Up-Thrust Mountains
Park Range
= Volcanic Mountains
Elk Range
= Fault Block Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Never Summer Range
Rabbit Ears Range
Front Range (Rockies)
Mosquito Range
Sangre De Cristo
Mountains
Uinta Mountains
Sawatch Range
(Collegiate Peaks)
Medicine Bow Range
Wet Mountains
White River Plateau
(Flat Tops)
Grand Mesa
OTHER GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES: (1 pt. each/ 12 points total )
All only in 1 color:
All only in 1 color:
North Park
Mesa Verde National Park
South Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
San Luis Valley
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Middle Park
Colorado National Monument
Uncompaghre Plateau
Dinosaur National Monument
Great Sand Dunes National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park