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Geographic Region Physical Location Physical Description Key Words

Along the Pacific Coast from Tall mountains, rainy, low-lying Rugged mountains, fertile valleys, California to Canada valleys lush and green, jagged and rocky Coastal Range beaches

West of the Rockies and East of Wide desert basins, contains Hot, desert, dry, isolated Basin and Range the Coastal Plain Death Valley (lowest point in mountain ranges North America), rich in minerals West of Great Plains and East of Rugged/jagged mountains that Contains Continental Divide, Rocky Mountains Basin and Range stretch from Alaska to almost snow-covered peaks Mexico, highest elevations

West of Interior Lowlands and Vast prairies, tall grasses, flat “America’s Breadbasket,” flat Great Plains East of Rockies land, lots of ranches and farms land, large grassy areas

West of the Appalachian Dangerous weather, rolling hills Tornado Alley, rolling flatlands, Interior Lowlands Highlands and East of Great Plains many rivers and grassy hills

Wrapped around the Hudson Bay, Rocky ground, cold region with Hundreds of lakes carved by Canadian Shield Northern Canada lots of glaciers and ice glaciers, hills worn by water/ice erosion

West of Coastal Plains and East of Piedmont place, oldest Old, eroded mountains, foresty, Appalachian Interior Lowlands mountains in the country, humid cold winters and warm summers Highlands Located along the Atlantic coast Lots of bays and harbors, many Broad lowlands, bays and harbors, Coastal Plain line and East of the Appalachian rivers, good fishing long and sandy beaches Highlands