The Colorado River, the principal river of the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico, drops more than 1000 feet of elevation as it runs through the Grand Canyon.
Air temperature drops an average of 6.5 degrees Celsius per every 1000 feet.
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The highest elevation in Pittsburgh is 1460 feet at Reservoir Parklet at the top of Observatory Hill.
That's generally true anywhere, not just in California. It's called the "adiabatic lapse rate".
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Coronado and his group crossed the Colorado river and explored what is now the southwestern United States. He reached what is now New Mexico.
Argentina's physical features are Andes Mountain, Pampas, Patagonia, Parana River, Uruguay River, And part of Gran Chaco. The mountain elevation is mostly 0-1000 meter. But in the Patagonia it is mostly 611- 5,000 meters.
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