| GREATPLAINS | A vast region of North America, east of the Rocky Mountains (5,6) |
| SIBERIA | A vast region of Russia and North Kazakhstan (7) |
| CATALPA | Genus of trees of North America, East Asia and the Caribbean with bell-shaped whitish flowers and heart-shaped leaves |
| ASIAN | Of a vast region |
| GRIZZLYBEAR | Fierce ursine animal of the Rocky Mountains (7,4) |
| KANGAROORAT | Small, leaping rodent inhabiting desert regions of North America (8,3) |
| SUSQUEHANNA | Longest river on the US east coast, by which Chesapeake Bay is fed (11) |
| GREATDIVIDE | Watershed of the Rocky Mountains (5,6) |
| DENVER | State capital of Colorado, in the South Platte River Valley east of the Rocky Mountains (6) |
| RHODEISLAND | US east coast state |
| WATERTON | This site is a national park in southwestern Alberta on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, immediately north of the U.S. border and Glacier National Park in Montana. It has an area of 203 squa |
| TURKESTAN | Vast region of Asia located to the south of Siberia |
| SIBERIAN | From the vast region of eastern Russia (8) |
| WYOMINGRANGE | Part of the Rocky Mountains traversed by a branch of the Oregon Trail known as the Lander Road |
| CHINOOK | A warm, dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains (7) |
| VINLAND | Coastal region of North America visited by Leif Ericsson and other Vikings from about 1000 AD, named from the number of grapes growing there (7) |
| MANITOBA | Last part of contingent departed in frenzy for region of North America (8) |
| PATAGONIA | Vast region of southern South America (9) |
| MONGOLIA | See oilman go around vast region of Asia (8) |
| LAURASIA | Ancient supercontinent of the northern hemisphere thought to have comprised the modern-day regions of North America, Greenland, Europe and northern Asia (8) |