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A Varied Land
• Our country is BIG!• 3,000 miles from coast to coast• Made up of many landforms• Has Many resources– Forests, farmland, coal, oil, minerals– What is a mineral?
Appalachian Mountains
• Very old mountains• They once had high, sharp peaks• Over the years they became rounded• Why???
Moving into the plains
• The land is flat again past the Appalachian• The soil is rich and farming is good!• Colorful fields!
In the west!
• Rocky mountains!• They stretch from Alaska to New Mexico• They are higher, sharper and formed
thousands of years ago