Geographic Couples in Every U.S. State

For each state, you are given a hint describing a pair of things pertaining to that state's geography. How many of the 100 answers can you guess?

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Alabama
Major cities starting with MO	Mobile
	Montgomery

Arkansas
Western mountain ranges starting with O	Ouachita
	Ozark

Connecticut
Cities named "Norw___"	Norwalk
	Norwich

Georgia
Major cities bordering South Carolina	Augusta
	Savannah

Illinois
Twin cities hosting the flagship University of Illinois campus	Champaign
	Urbana

Kansas
Kansas City suburbs starting with O	Olathe
	Overland Park

Maine
Pair of cities in the far north (Aroostook County)	Caribou
	Presque Isle

Michigan
Primary landmasses making up the state	Lower Peninsula
	Upper Peninsula

Missouri
Pair of St. Louis suburbs that also start with "Saint"	St. Charles
	St. Peters

Nevada
Mountains rising to over 13,000 ft on opposite sides of the state	Boundary Peak
	Wheeler Peak

New Mexico
Cities starting with "Las"	Las Cruces
	Las Vegas

North Dakota
Major cities bordering Minnesota	Fargo
	Grand Forks

Oregon
Primary north-south mountain ranges, both starting with C	Cascade
	Coast

South Carolina
Rivers that converge to form the Santee, both ending in EE	Congaree
	Wateree

Texas
Core cities of the Metroplex region	Dallas
	Fort Worth

Virginia
City and county across the river from D.C., both starting with A	Alexandria
	Arlington

Wisconsin
Wisconsin cities on the Wisconsin River that start with "Wisconsin"	Wisconsin Dells
	Wisconsin Rapids

Alaska
The state's two main archipelagos, both starting with A	Aleutian
	Alexander

California
Primary rivers draining the Central Valley, both starting with S	Sacramento
	San Joaquin

Delaware
Counties entirely south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal	Kent
	Sussex

Hawaii
Big Island volcanoes rising to over 13,000 ft	Mauna Kea
	Mauna Loa

Indiana
Rivers starting with "Saint" that converge at Fort Wayne	St. Marys
	St. Joseph

Kentucky
Lakes on each side of the "Land Between the Lakes"	Kentucky Lake
	Lake Barkley

Maryland
Cities west of the Maryland Panhandle's narrowest point	Cumberland
	Frostburg

Minnesota
The "Twin Cities," biggest in the state	Minneapolis
	St. Paul

Montana
Northeastern reservation lands starting with "Fort"	Fort Belknap
	Fort Peck

New Hampshire
Major cities bordering Vermont	Claremont
	Lebanon

New York
Parallel "Finger Lakes" named for Iroquois Confederacy tribes	Cayuga
	Seneca

Ohio
Tributaries joining the Ohio River on each side of Cincinnati	Great Miami
	Little Miami

Pennsylvania
Core cities of the Wyoming Valley	Scranton
	Wilkes-Barre

South Dakota
Two-word cities anchoring the state's eastern and western halves	Rapid City
	Sioux Falls

Utah
National parks in the Moab area	Arches
	Canyonlands

Washington
Northwestern cities starting with "Bell"	Bellevue
	Bellingham

Wyoming
National parks in the state's northwest corner	Grand Teton
	Yellowstone

Arizona
Principal dams on the Colorado River	Glen Canyon
	Hoover

Colorado
Rugged southern mountain ranges starting with S	San Juan
	Sangre de Cristo

Florida
Major Panhandle cities starting with P	Panama City
	Pensacola

Idaho
Rivers carving the deepest canyons in North America, both starting with S	Salmon
	Snake

Iowa
Rivers forming the state's eastern and western borders	Mississippi
	Missouri–Big Sioux

Louisiana
Primary cities on I-10 west of the Atchafalaya, both starting with L	Lafayette
	Lake Charles

Massachusetts
Pair of large islands off the southern coast	Martha's Vineyard
	Nantucket

Mississippi
Joint seats of Harrison County, on the Gulf Coast	Biloxi
	Gulfport

Nebraska
Major rivers that converge in Lincoln County	North Platte
	South Platte

New Jersey
Rivers separating the state from NYC and Philadelphia	Delaware
	Hudson

North Carolina
Major cities starting with "Green"	Greensboro
	Greenville

Oklahoma
Federally Recognized Tribes starting with CH and ending in AW	Chickasaw
	Choctaw

Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay islands reachable by road	Aquidneck
	Conanicut

Tennessee
Major cities on the Tennessee River	Chattanooga
	Knoxville

Vermont
Towns at the state's southern corners, both starting with B	Bennington
	Brattleboro

West Virginia
Primary cities in the Northern Panhandle, both starting with W	Weirton
	Wheeling