REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

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REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA COASTAL PLAIN INTERIOR LOWLANDS COASTAL RANGE CANADIAN SHIELD BASIN AND RANGE GREAT PLAINS ROCKY MOUNTAINS APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

South East Coastal Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Broad lowlands that provides many excellent harbors. Facts:

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS Old, eroded mountains ( oldest mountain range in North America) Located west of Coastal plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama: includes the piedmont Facts:

CANADIAN SHIELD Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers Facts:

INTERIOR LOWLANDS Facts: 2. Located west of the Appalachian mountains and east of the Great Plains Rolling flatlands with many rivers broad river valleys and grassy hills

GREAT PLAINS Facts: 2. Located west of Interior lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains. Flat land that gradually increases elevation westward grasslands

BASIN AND RANGE Facts: Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America Located west of Rocky Mountain and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades

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

ROCKY MOUNTAINS Facts: Located west of the Great Plains and east the Basin and Range Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico: high elevations Contains the continental divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers Facts: