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United States and Canada Landforms

United States and Canada Landforms. The Eastern Lowlands • Atlantic Coastal Plain - Delaware to Florida • Gulf Coastal Plain goes from Florida, along Gulf of Mexico, to Texas • Piedmont—low plateau between coastal plains, Appalachian Highlands. Continued. NEXT.

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United States and Canada Landforms

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  1. United States and Canada Landforms The Eastern Lowlands • Atlantic Coastal Plain - Delaware to Florida • Gulf Coastal Plain goes from Florida, along Gulf of Mexico, to Texas • Piedmont—low plateau between coastal plains, Appalachian Highlands Continued . . . NEXT

  2. The Appalachian Highlands • Appalachian Highlands run 1,600 miles, stretching from SE Canada through the SE of the U.S., and are slowly eroding - includes the Green, Catskill, Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains 1 Continued . . . NEXT

  3. The Interior Lowlands • Glaciers leveled the land, left fertile soil • Interior Plains extend from Appalachians to Missouri River • Great Plains extend from Missouri River to Rocky Mountains • Canadian Shield—vast, flat area around Hudson Bay Continued . . . NEXT

  4. The Western Mountains, Plateaus, and Basins • Rocky Mountains run 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico and are 80 million years old • Continents highest peak – Mt. Denali • Continental divide – Marks the separation between rivers flowing East and rivers flowing West Continued . . . NEXT

  5. The Islands • Canada’s large, northern islands • U.S.: Aleutians (Alaska), Hawaiian 1 NEXT

  6. Resources - Water •U.S. and Canada are bounded by: - Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic oceans and Gulf of Mexico • rivers and lakes that provide - transportation, hydroelectric power, irrigation, fresh water • Great Lakes: HOMES • Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio river system: continent’s longest, busiest river • Mackenzie River: longest in Canada Land and Forests • Fertile soil helps make North America world’s leading food exporter • Large forests yield lumber and other products NEXT

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