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coastal Range |
rugged mountains along the pacific coast that streches from califorinia to canada fertile valleys |
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basin and range |
location:west of rockey mountains and east of the sierra nevada and the cascades varing elevations and istation moutains 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 and range rugged mountains high elevations continental divide determines the derection flow of rivers |
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Great Plains |
west of the Interior Lowlands, east of the rocky Montains flat land that gradually increases westward ; grass land |
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Interior lowlands |
-west of the Appalachian mountains, east of great plains -rolling flat lands many rivers grassy hills |
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appalchian Mountains |
west of coastal plains extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes the peidmont -old rounded mountains oldest in North America |
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Coastal Plains |
along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico -boad lowlands providing many excellent harbors |
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Canadian sheild |
*wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horse shoe shape -hills worn by erosion -100's of lakes carved by glaciers |
