United States and Canada

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA

The United States and Canada

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA

Landforms

The U.S. and Canada have several major mountain ranges:

A. The Rocky Mountains B. The Appalachian Mountains C. Pacific Coastal Ranges

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The Rocky Mountains

Extend about 3,000 miles

Alaska south to New Mexico Younger and taller than the Appalachian

Mountains. The Continental Divide

the line of highest points in the separation of rivers flowing eastward and

westward.

The Appalachian Mountains

Extend about 1,600 miles

North to south Newfoundland in Canada to

Alabama.

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