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COASTAL PLAIN “CRAZY” located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors
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COASTAL PLAIN “CRAZY” (Massachusettes ) Farmland
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Coastal Plain ( What word represents Coastal Plain?) Inlets, Harbors, Bays, Rivers, and Beaches
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Eastern Coastal Plain
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Texas Gulf Coastal Plain
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Coastal Plain Everglades National Park
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Appalachian Highlands/Mountains “Apes” Old eroded mountains Old eroded mountains Oldest mountain range in North America Oldest mountain range in North America Located west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; Includes the Piedmont Located west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; Includes the Piedmont
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Appalachian Highlands (Mountains)
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Appalachian Mountains (What word represents this region?) Old eroded mountains
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Interior Lowlands “In” Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills
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Interior Lowlands
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Great Plains “GREEN” Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grasslands
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Great Plains “GREEN”
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Rocky Mountains “Raincoats” Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers
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Rocky Mountains “Raincoats”
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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
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Basin and Ridge “BAKING” Big Basin National Park, Nevada Big Bend National Park, Texas
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The Grand Canyon and Sedona
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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
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Images of Death Valley (Basin & Range) Ubehebe Crater (vocanoes) Ubehebe crater
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Coastal Range “Cookies” Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada; Contains fertile valleys
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Coastal Range “Cookies”
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Coastal Range Sierra Nevada Range Mount Olympus (viewed from Hurricane Ridge) Cascade Range Mount St. Helens
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Coastal Range Fertile Valleys of the Pacific Coast
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Coastal Range “Cookies” Pacific Coast
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Yosemite National Park
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Canadian Shield “Carefully” wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a Horseshoe shape wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a Horseshoe shape Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America
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Canadian Shield “Carefully” Thousands of lakes formed by glaciers Old rock formations
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Canadian Shield “Carefully”
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Canadian Shield
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The frozen tundra of the Northern area of the Canadian Shield
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A forest located in the middle of the Canadian Shield
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