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Lake Erie Coastal Plain. Derrick Carley Junior Michael Madisen. Landforms of Our Region. Erie has a peninsula. A peninsula is a piece of land that sticks out onto water and has water on three sides. . Major Cities. The city of Erie is on the coastline.
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Lake Erie Coastal Plain Derrick Carley Junior Michael Madisen
Landforms of Our Region • Erie has a peninsula.A peninsula is a piece of land that sticks out onto water and has water on three sides.
Major Cities • The city of Erie is on the coastline. • That people can dock so ships carry iron. • Other cities have great lakes but lake Erie. • A lot of people make there living there.
Important Facts • Presque Isle is an important place for birds flying to and from Canada. • The Erie Coastal Plain and the rest of western Pennsylvania used to belong to France. • Lake Erie gets its name from a tribe of native Americans called the Erie. It is the shallow of the great lake. It freezes during the winter.
A Point of Interest This region is so close to Lake Erie it has lake effect. This causes the land around it to rain and snow a lot. It does not get as hot or cold in other parts of the state.