THE LAND NOTES

Geography

GREAT PLAINS The

_______________is known for its farmland and square plots of 40 acres.

GREAT BASIN The lowest

known basin, 282 feet below sea level

GULF COASTAL PLAINS Shorelines of

these plains are low, sandy and marshy. We know this as a bayous area.

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAINS

Extends south along the North American coast from Nova Scotia, Canada to the eastern coast of Florida

CENTRAL VALLEY extends 450

miles through California and is approximately 50 miles wide and lies between the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Mountain ranges.

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

form the Continental divide which separates rivers draining to the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

created a natural barrier to early travel across our Country

SIERRA NEVADA mountain range

is 400 miles long and extends from Bakersfield California to the eastern part of California. We can visit Yosemite National Park when we go here.

MT. MCKINLEY highest peak in

North America coming in at 20,330 feet in elevation above sea level and can be found in Alaska

MT. WHITNEY found in the

Sierra Nevada Sequoia National Park and is the 2nd highest peak in North America.

CASCADE RANGE This range

includes Mount St Helens and Mount Rainer. The saddest part is that this was heavily logged.