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19 Cards in this Set
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Coastal Range |
Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada fertile valleys |
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Basin & Range |
Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada and the Cascades varying elavations with isolated mountain ranges death valley lowest point in North America |
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Rocky Mountains |
Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin & Range rugged mountains that stretch from Alaska to almost Mexico continental divede |
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Great Plains |
Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains flat lands that gradually increase in elavation west ward grasslands |
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Interior Lowlands |
Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains rolling flatland with many rivers; broad river valleys and grassy hills |
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Applachian Highlands |
Located west of the Costal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes piedmont old eroded mountains oldest mountain range in North America |
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Coastal Plains |
Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico broad lowlands that provide many excellent harbors |
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Canadian Shield |
wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape hills worn by erosion hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers |
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Atlantic Ocean |
Highway for earl explorers,early settlers,and later immigrants |
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Pacific Ocean |
Early exploration destanation |
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Mississippi River |
Transport farm and industriual products-most famos river |
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Missouri River |
(same as above) longest river |
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Ohio River |
gateway to the west |
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Columbia River |
was explored by Lewis and Clark |
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Colorado River |
was explored by the spanish (Coronado) |
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St.Lawrence River |
northeastern border with Canada-connects great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
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Rio Grande |
border between mexico and usa |
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Gulf of Mexico |
provided the french and spanish with an exploration route to mexico and america |
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Great Lakes |
inland port cities grew here in midwest |
