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Page 1: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

Page 2: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

COASTAL PLAIN

Plain

Atlantic Coastal Plain

South East Coastal Plain

Facts:

1. Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

2. Broad lowlands that provides many excellent harbors.

Page 3: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

Facts:

1. Old, eroded mountains ( oldest mountain range in North America)

2. Located west of Coastal plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama: includes the piedmont

http://www.appalachianregionscience.usgs.gov/appal/pictures/html/images/mountain_jpg.jpg
Page 4: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

CANADIAN SHIELD

Facts:1. Wrapped around Hudson

Bay in a horseshoe shape

2. Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/photos/na/na0602a.html
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INTERIOR LOWLANDS

Facts:1. Rolling

flatlands with many rivers broad river valleys and grassy hills

2. Located west of the Appalachian mountains and east of the Great Plains

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Page 6: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

GREAT PLAINS

Facts:

1. Flat land that gradually increases elevation westward grasslands

2. Located west of Interior lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains.

Page 7: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

BASIN AND RANGE

Facts:

1. Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

2. Located west of Rocky Mountain and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades

Page 8: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

COASTAL RANGEFacts:

1. Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada.

2. Contains fertile valleys.

Page 9: REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA. COASTAL PLAIN Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain Facts: 1.Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

Facts:

1. Located west of the Great Plains and east the Basin and Range

2. Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico: high elevations

3. Contains the continental divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers


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