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Located along the Pacific Coast, stretching from California to Canada |
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Located west of the Rocky Mountians and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades
Physical Characteristics
Varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America |
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Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range
Physical Characteristics
Rugged Mountains stretching form Alaska almost to Mexico
High Elevations
Contains the Continental Divide which determines the directinal flow of rivers. |
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Located West of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains
Physical Characteristics
Flat lands that gradulaly increase in elevation westward
Grasslands
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Located west of the Appalachian Mountians and east of the Great Plains
Physical Characteristics
Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valley,s and grassy hills |
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Location
Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape
Physical Characteristics
Hills worn by erosion and hubdreds of lakes carved by glaciers
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Located west of the Coastal Plain, extending form eastern Canada to western Alabama
Ihncludes the Piedmont
Physical Characteristic s
Old Eroded mountains
oldest mountain range in North America |
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Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Physical Characteristics
Broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors |
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