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Regions Study Guide

Regions Study Guide. COASTAL PLAIN. COASTAL PLAIN. Location: along the Atlantic Ocean & Gulf of Mexico. Physical Characteristics: broad lowland providing many excellent harbors. APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. Location : west of the Coastal Plain ; extends from

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Regions Study Guide

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  1. Regions Study Guide

  2. COASTAL PLAIN

  3. COASTAL PLAIN Location: along the Atlantic Ocean & Gulf of Mexico Physical Characteristics: broad lowland providing many excellent harbors

  4. APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

  5. APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS Location: west of the Coastal Plain; extends from eastern Canada to western Alabama Physical Characteristics: old eroded mountains—oldest mountain range in North America

  6. CANADIANSHIELD

  7. CANADIAN SHIELD Location: wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape Characteristics: worn by erosion & hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers; some of the oldest rock formations in North America

  8. INTERIOR LOWLANDS

  9. INTERIOR LOWLANDS Location: west of the Appalachian Mountains & east of the Great Plains Characteristics: rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, & grassy hills

  10. GREAT PLAINS

  11. GREAT PLAINS Location: west of the Interior Lowlands & east of the Rocky Mountains Characteristics: flat land that gradually increases in elevation as you go west; it has grasslands

  12. ROCKY MOUNTAINS

  13. ROCKY MOUNTAINS Location: west of the Great Plains & east of the Basin & Range Characteristics: rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico with high elevations; contains the Continental Divide-which determines the flow of rivers

  14. BASIN & RANGE ex. of basin

  15. BASIN & RANGE Location: west of the Rocky Mtns., east of the Sierra Nevada Mtns., & the Cascade Mtns. Characteristics: an area of different elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

  16. COASTAL RANGE

  17. COASTAL RANGE Location: rugged mountains located along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada Characteristics: contains many fertile valleys(land good for growing crops)

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