Eight Regions of North America

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Eight Regions of North America

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Coastal Range

• Rugged mountains located along the Pacific Coast
  that stretch from California to Canada.
• Contains fertile valleys (land good for growing
  crops) also contains Hawaii.

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Basin and Range

• Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of
  the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Mountains.
• An area of different elevations containing
  isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the
  lowest point in North America.

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Rocky Mountains

• Located west of the Great Plains and east of the
  Basin and Range.
• Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico
  containing high elevations Contains the
  Continental Divide, which determines the
  directional flow of rivers.

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Great Plains

• Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of
  the Rocky Mountains.
• Flat land that gradually increases in elevation
  westward Grasslands.

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Interior Lowlands

• Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and
  east of the Great Plains.
• Contains rolling flatlands with many rivers,
  broad river valleys and grassy hills.

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Coastal Plains

• Along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
• Broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors.

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Appalachian Highlands (Mountains)

• West of the Coastal Plain extending from Eastern
  Canada to Western Alabama.
• Contains the oldest mountain range in North
  America also contains the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Canadian Shield

• Wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe
  shape and extends southward into the northern
  part of the United States.
• Contains hills worn by erosion and many lakes
  carved by glacier also holds some of the oldest
  rock formations in North America

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