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regions and water
Term | Definition |
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COASTAL PLAIN | Along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico *excellent harbors |
APPALACHIAN MOUNTIANS | Oldest mountians in north america |
CANADIAN SHIELD | Hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers *surrounds the hudson bay in a horseshoe shape |
INTERIOR LOWLANDS | rolling flatlands rivers broad river valleys and grassy hills |
Great plains | dry grass lands that gradually increase in elevation westwards |
rocky mountians | tallest mtns in NorthAmerica |
ohio river | gateway to the west |
mississippi and missouri rivers | transportation arteries for farm and industrail products thy were links to ports and other parts of the world |
columbia river | explored by luis and clark |
colorado river | explored by the spanish |
peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
basin and range | areas of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges *contains Death Valley, the lowest point in North America |
rio grande | forms the boarder with mexico |
coastal range | rugged mountians along the picific coast that strech from california to canada |
st.lawrence river | forms the boarder with canada and connects the great lakes to atlantic ocean |
atlantic ocean | highway for explorers,early settlers,and later immagrants |
great lakes | inland port cities developed in the midwest along them |
gulf of mexico | provided the french and spanish explorers with routes to mexico and other parts of americia |
plateau | a large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land |
tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger river |