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** Mountain range along the west coast that feeds water into the fertile valleys and lands along the coast | ** Mountain range along the west coast that feeds water into the fertile valleys and lands along the coast | ||
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|'''ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN''' | | | ||
=== '''ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN''' === | |||
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|[[File:Atlantic Coastal Plain.svg|thumb|The Atlantic coastal plain |alt=|border|none]] | |||
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|Atlantic Coastal Plain = | |||
* lowland coast region along Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico | * lowland coast region along Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico | ||
* the 13 American colonies were settled in the Coastal Plain from modern Georgia to Massachusetts | * the 13 American colonies were settled in the Coastal Plain | ||
** | ** from modern Georgia to southern Massachusetts | ||
** Massachusetts was settled along with the '''Coastal Plain''' | |||
* the western barrier to the Coastal Plain is the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains | * the western barrier to the Coastal Plain is the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains | ||
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|[[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]] | |'''APPALACHIAN REGION'''[[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]] | ||
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* Appalachian Mountains = | * Appalachian Mountains = | ||
** mountain range that extends along the western border of the Coastal Plain from Georgia to New England | ** mountain range that extends along the western border of the Coastal Plain from Georgia to New England | ||
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|'''GREAT PLAINS REGION''' | |'''GREAT PLAINS REGION''' | ||
* area of flat lands with mostly grasses (not forests) | * area of flat lands with mostly grasses (not forests) | ||
* the flat lands are either | |||
** "steppe" = higher elevation, dry flat lands, or | |||
** "prairie" = flat grasslands with moderate climate and rain | |||
*** prairies have fertile soil and are excellent for large-scale farming | |||
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|[[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb| | |[[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb|Rocky Mountains Range ("range" as is a "mountain range" or series of connected mountains)|alt=RockyMountains-Range.svg|none]][[File:NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png|thumb|A map of the principal hydrological divides of North America. The Eastern Continental Divide (orange line) demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed.|alt=|border|none]] | ||
|'''ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION''' | |'''ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION''' | ||
* high mountain range above and to the east of the Great Basin | * high mountain range above and to the east of the Great Basin | ||
** the "'''Continental Divide'''" is in the Rocky Mountains, marking the point at which the land descends to the east or the west | ** the "'''Great''' '''Continental Divide'''" is in the Rocky Mountains, marking the point at which the land descends to the east or the west | ||
*** see the below map for continental divides in North America | |||
* important rivers flow from origins in the Rocky Mountains | * important rivers flow from origins in the Rocky Mountains | ||
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