Region Charateristics

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Coastal Range

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Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada.Contains fertile valleys.

Front 2

Basin and Range

Back 2

located west of the Rocky Mountains and East of the Sierra Navada and the Cascades.Varying elevations with isolated mountain ranges-contains death valley.

Front 3

Rocky Mountains

Back 3

Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range. Rugged mountain-stretch from alaska to almost mexico.Contains the continental divide . Determines the directional flow of rivers.

Front 4

Great Plains

Back 4

Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains.Flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward:grasslands

Front 5

Interior lowlands

Back 5

Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains.Rolling flatland's with many rivers,broad river valleys and grassy hills.

Front 6

Appalachian Highlands

Back 6

Located west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama.Old eroded Mountains. oldest mountain range in North America.

Front 7

Coastal Plains

Back 7

Located along the Alantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.Broad lowlands that provide many excellent harbors.

Front 8

Canadian Shield

Back 8

Wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a hourse shoe shape.Hills worn by erosion. hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

Front 9

Alantic Ocean

Back 9

Served as an early highway for explorers ,early settlers ,and immigrants.

Front 10

Pacific Ocean

Back 10

Early exploration destination.

Front 11

Mississippi River

Back 11

Used to transportfarm and industrial products-most famous river.

Front 12

Missouri River

Back 12

Used to transport farm and industruial products-longest river

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Ohio River

Back 13

Gateway to the west.

Front 14

Columbia River

Back 14

Explored by Lewis and Clark

Front 15

Colorado River

Back 15

Explored by the Spanish

Front 16

Rio Grande River

Back 16

Forms the boarder between Mexico and the U.S.A.

Front 17

St.Lawrence River

Back 17

North-east boarder with Canada-connects the great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

Front 18

Gulf Of Mexico

Back 18

Provdied the french and spanish with an exploration route to Mexico And America.

Front 19

Great Lakes

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Inland port city's grew here in the mid west

H-Huron

O-Ontario

M-Michigan

E-Erie

S-Superier

Front 20

Lake

Back 20

A large inland body of water

Front 21

River

Back 21

A large natural stream of water.

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Tributary

Back 22

A smaller stream that flows into a river/ocean/lake.

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Gulf

Back 23

A large area of se or ocean parrtially enclosed by land.

Front 24

Bay

Back 24

A body of water partilly inclosed by land.typically smaller that a gulf.

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Mountain

Back 25

A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass;hieght greater than a hill.

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Hill

Back 26

A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.

Front 27

Plain

Back 27

A large relatively flat area of land

Front 28

Plateau

Back 28

A large,relativly flat,but elevated area of land

Front 29

Island

Back 29

A land mass-smaller that a continent by water