What are the
characteristics of
the Coastal
Range?
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Coastal Range
· Rugged mountains
along the Pacific Coast
that stretch from
California to Canada
· Contains fertile valleys
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What are the
characteristics of
the Coastal Plain?
3
Coastal Plain:
· Broad lowlands
· Excellent
harbors
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What are the
characteristics of
the Canadian
Shield
5
· Hills worn by erosion
· Hundreds of lakes carved
by glaciers
· Some of the oldest rock
formations in N. America
-Hudson Bay located here
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What are the
characteristics of
the Basin and
Range
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Basin & Range
· Many elevations including
isolated mountains & Death
Valley (the lowest point in
N. America)
· West of the Rocky Mts &
east of the Sierra Nevadas
and Cascades
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What are the
characteristics of
the Appalachian
Highlands
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· Old, eroded
mountains; includes
Appalachian Mts.
· Oldest mountain
range in the US
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What are the
characteristics
of the Rocky
Mountains
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· Rugged mts from
Alaska to almost
Mexico
· High elevations
· Contains the
Continental Divide
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What are the
characteristics
of the Great
Plains
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-Flat grass land
-Increases in
elevation
-Grasslands
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What are the
characteristics
of the Interior
Lowlands
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-Rolling flatlands
-Many rivers &
broad river
valleys
-Grassy hills
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What is another
name for the
main line of
longitude (0º)
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the Prime
Meridian
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What is a
hemisphere?
19
It is one half of
the earth.. (draw)
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What is the
Continental
Divide?
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It determines the
directional flow
of rivers
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What is another
name for the
main line of
latitude?
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the equator
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What is
Euraisa?
25
The name for
Europe & Asia
connected as one
land mass
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•How many oceans
are there?
•How many
continents are
there?
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• 5oceans
•7 continents
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•Be able to label
and located 7
continents and 5
oceans
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