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North America Geography 9: Physical Features Flashcards

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Costal Plains

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Starts around the top of USA, ends Gulf of Mexico

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Costal Plains: Topography

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Swamps and marshes

200 meters above sea- subject to flooding

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Costal Plains: Climate and Vegetation

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Climate varies

Sandy, jungles

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Great Lakes

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Smallest region

Near St. Lawrence River

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Great Lakes: Climate and Vegetation

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Humid

Fertile soils

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Great Lakes: Topography

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Rolling Landscape, flat plains

Escarpments

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Appalachian Region

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East Coast

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Appalachian Region: Topography

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Old mountains

Rolling hills

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Appalachian Region: Climate/Vegetation

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Fertile plateaus + river valleys
Climate affected by the two ocean currents
Heavily forested

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Interior Plains

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Between Appalachian and Rockies (USA), Canadian Shield and Rockies (Canada)

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Interior Plains: Topography

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Great plains are higher in elevation than Central Lowland, gently rolling plains
Not entirely flat

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Interior Plains: Climate/Vegetation

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Continental climate (Extreme)
Deciduous evergreens, tall prairie grasses
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Intermountain Region

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Between Rockies, Coast Mountains, Cascades and Sierra Nevada

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Intermountain Region: Climate/Vegetation

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Lots of streams, high plateaus/mountains

Climate is affected depending on where you are

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Arctic: Topography

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Combination of lowland and mountains
Flat
Glaciers

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Arctic: Climate/Vegetation

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Severe (winter = 10 months), no precipitation

Few life, no trees

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Canadian Shield

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Volcanic Mountains, platform rocks

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Canadian Shield: Topography

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Glaciers removed soil, dams, center is much lower than outsides

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Canadian Shield: Climate/Vegetation

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Climates depend on where you go
Boreal forests (paper/lumber industry)
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Western Cordillera

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West Coast of NA, Rocky mountains are most easterly

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Western Cordillera: Topography

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Newer mountains, twice as high as the Appalachian

Rocky mountains, James, Hudson Bay, Arctic ocean, gulf of Mexico

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Western Cordillera: Climate/Vegetation

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Maritime climate (influenced by water)
Vegetation varies

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