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COASTAL PLAIN “CRAZY”located along the located along the
Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of and Gulf of
MexicoMexicoBroad Broad
lowland lowland providing many providing many excellent excellent harborsharbors
Appalachian Highlands/Mountains“Apes”
Old eroded Old eroded mountainsmountains
Oldest mountain Oldest mountain range in North range in North AmericaAmerica
Located west of Located west of the Coastal Plain the Coastal Plain extending from extending from eastern Canada to eastern Canada to western Alabama; western Alabama; Includes the Includes the PiedmontPiedmont
Interior Lowlands “In”Located west Located west
of the of the Appalachian Appalachian Mountains and Mountains and east of the east of the Great PlainsGreat Plains
Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills
Great Plains “GREEN”Located west of
Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains
• Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grasslands
Rocky Mountains “Raincoats”Located west of Located west of
the Great Plains the Great Plains and east of the and east of the Basin and RangeBasin and Range
Rugged Rugged mountains mountains stretching from stretching from Alaska almost to Alaska almost to MexicoMexico; high ; high elevationselevations
Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers
Basin and Range “Baking”Located west of
Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades
Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
Images of Death Valley (Basin & Range)
Death Valley Dunes Badwater (Salt Pan) Lowest Point in the Western Hemisphere at - 282 feet (282 feet below sea level
Furnace Creek (Desert Oasis) Furnace Creek Golf Course
Coastal Range “Cookies”Rugged
mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada;
Contains fertile valleys
Coastal Range
Sierra Nevada Range Mount Olympus (viewed from Hurricane Ridge)
Cascade Range
Mount St. Helens
Canadian Shield “Carefully”
wrappedwrapped around around the Hudson Bay in a the Hudson Bay in a Horseshoe shapeHorseshoe shape
Hills worn by Hills worn by erosionerosion and and hundreds of lakes hundreds of lakes carved by glacierscarved by glaciers
Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America