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| landforms | the surface feautures of the earth |
| lowlands | lands that are low in elevation |
| highlands | lands that are high in elevation |
| fall line | where the land of the piedmont drops suddenly in elevation to the atlantic coastal plain |
| intermontane region | region of plateaus scarttereed mountains and baisins between the rocky & the pacifc mountains |
| gulf coastal plain | the part of the large north american coastal plain region that borders the gulf of mexico |
| interior plains | huge plains in North america between Appalachian and the Rocky ; includes Central and Great plains |
| Atlantic Coastal Plain | boarders on the atlantic- part of the north american plain region |
| appalachian mountains | largest mountains in the east- Extends from south east canada to north east alabama |
| Rocky Mountains | largest mountain in north america- goes through arizona new mexico colorado nevada utah wyoming idah o montana and Alaska part of western canada |
| Coast Ranges | series of north american mountain ranges close to the pacifc coastq |
| Cascade rage | mountain extends through western washington oregon and northern california |
| mississippi River | major river drains most of the interior plains flows from lake Itasca in Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Great Lakes | Lakes michigan, huron, ontario, erie, and lake superior |
| tundra | a treeless plain where the ground remains frozen inches below the surface |
| climate | teh averaage yearly weather conditions in a region |
| great plains | slope upward making the region higher in elevaltion |
| great baisin | large highlands desert and covers Nevada |
| Physical Map | a map that shows landforms, water bodies, and elevation |
| politaical map | shows countries states cities capitals and boundries |
| location | descrives the position of places on the earth's surfance |
| Place | has human and physical characteristics that distingusish it from every other place |
| Human - Enviorment Interaction | the way people adapt to their natural enviorment |
| movement | the interaction of people as they tracvel from one place to another |
| Regions | an area of land which has one or more features that make it different from neighboring areas |
