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Name the 8 regions of the United States. |
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Coastal Plains, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range |
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What is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
Has broad lowland providing excellent harbors? |
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Located west of the coastal plains extending from eastern canada to western alabama
Old eroded mountains. |
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the appalachian mountians |
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Wrapped around the hudson bay in a horseshoe shape, has hills worn by erosion, and holds the most oldest rock formations |
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located west of the appalachian mountains and east of the great plains
has rolling flat lands with many rivers and grassy hills |
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located west of the interior lowlands and east of the rocky mountains
has flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward |
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located west of the great plains and east of the basin and range
has rugged mountains
contains the continental divide |
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located west of the rocky mountains and east of the coastal range
contains death valley |
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rugged mountains along the pacific coast and has fertile valleys |
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