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Regions
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History
6th Grade
05/23/2009

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Term
Name the 8 regions of the United States.
Definition
Coastal Plains, Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Basin and Range, and Coastal Range
Term

What is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico

Has broad lowland providing excellent harbors?

Definition
the coastal plain
Term

Located west of the coastal plains extending from eastern canada to western alabama

Old eroded mountains.

Definition
the appalachian mountians
Term
Wrapped around the hudson bay in a horseshoe shape, has hills worn by erosion, and holds the most oldest rock formations
Definition
canadian shield
Term

located west of the appalachian mountains and east of the great plains 

has rolling flat lands with many rivers and grassy hills

Definition
interior lowlands
Term

located west of the interior lowlands and east of the rocky mountains 

has flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward

Definition
great plains
Term

located west of the great plains and east of the basin and range

has rugged mountains

contains the continental divide 

Definition
rocky mountains
Term

located west of the rocky mountains and east of the coastal range

contains death valley

Definition
basin and range
Term
rugged mountains along the pacific coast and has fertile valleys
Definition
coastal range
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