COASTAL PLAIN Suffolk Teaching Activities 沿海平原萨福克教学活动.ppt

REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA COASTAL PLAIN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS CANADIAN SHIELD INTERIOR LOWLANDS GREAT PLAINS BASIN AND RANGE COASTAL RANGE ROCKY MOUNTAINS * Plain Atlantic Coastal Plain South East Coastal Plain  Facts: Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Broad lowlands that provides many excellent harbors. Facts: Old, eroded mountains ( oldest mountain range in North America) Located west of Coastal plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama: includes the piedmont Facts: Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers Facts: Rolling flatlands with many rivers broad river valleys and grassy hills 2. Located west of the Appalachian mountains and east of the Great Plains Facts: Flat land that gradually increases elevation westward grasslands 2. Located west of Interior lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains. Facts: Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America Located west of Rocky Mountain and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades Facts: Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada. Contains fertile valleys. Facts: Located west of the Great Plains and east the Basin and Range Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico: high elevations Contains the continental divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers *