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1	Geographic Regions SOL 5.2 b
2	Coastal Plain (Crazy)
3	Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
4	Broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors.
5	Appalachian Highlands (Apes)
6	Located west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama, includes the Piedmont.
7	Oldest mountain range in North America Greatly eroded mountains with low elevations.
8	Canadian Shield (Can)
9	Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape.
10	Hills worn by erosion, contains hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers.
11	Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America.
12	Interior Lowlands (Instantly) Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains.
13	Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills.
14	Great Plains (Grow) Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains.
15	Flat grasslands that gradually increase in elevations as it moves westward.
16	Rocky Mountains (Really) Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Basin and Range.
17	Rugged mountains of high elevations stretching from Alaska to Mexico.
18	Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers.
19	Basin and Range (Brown) Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades.
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21	Areas of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges.
22	plateaus
23	And Death Valley, the lowest point in North America.
24	Coastal Ranges (Coconuts)
25	Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from Canada, south to California.
26	Contains many fertile valleys and the Ring of Fire.
27	Look closely at the pictures and guess the regions.
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35	See if you can say them all! Crazy Apes Can Instantly Grow Really Big Coconuts