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Atlantic Coastal PlainAtlantic Coastal Plain

The Atlantic coastal plain is a relatively flat landform extending 2,200 miles (3,500 km) from the New York Bight[1][2] southward to a Georgia/Florida section of the Eastern Continental Divide

Near Appalachian Mountains

The Great Plains RegionThe Great Plains Region

the broad expanse of prairie, steppe and grassland which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. This area covers parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Great Continental DivideGreat Continental DivideThe Continental Divide of the Americas, also called the Great Divide, separates the watersheds of the Pacific Ocean from those of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. It runs from the Seward Peninsula in Alaska, through western Canada along the crest of the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico.

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Near Rocky Mountains

Great Basin (Nevada)Great Basin (Nevada)

The The Great Great BasinBasin is the is the largest area of largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds of of North America and is noted for and is noted for its arid its arid conditions conditions

Death ValleyDeath Valley

Death ValleyDeath Valley is a is a desert located in the located in the southwestern southwestern United States of America. . Situated within the Situated within the Mojave Desert, it features , it features the lowest, driest, and the lowest, driest, and hottest locations in hottest locations in North America..[1] Badwater, a , a basin located located within Death Valley, is the within Death Valley, is the specific location (36° 14.5' specific location (36° 14.5' N 116° 49.5' W) of the N 116° 49.5' W) of the lowest lowest elevation in in North America at 282 feet at 282 feet (86.0 m) below (86.0 m) below sea level. .

Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico

The The Gulf of Gulf of MexicoMexico ( (Spanish: : Golfo de MéxicoGolfo de México) ) is the ninth largestis the ninth largest[1] body of water in in the world. It is the world. It is bordered by TX, bordered by TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, & LA, MS, AL, GA, & FLFL

St. Lawrence RiverSt. Lawrence River It is the widest It is the widest

river in the in the world . It is the world . It is the primary primary drainage of the drainage of the Great Lakes Basin. The St. . The St. Lawrence Lawrence estuary was estuary was visited by many visited by many navigators navigators (such as (such as John Cabot and and Jacques Cartier).).

The Great Lakes The Great Lakes (H.O.M.E.S.)(H.O.M.E.S.)

Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, SuperiorEerie, Superior

The The Great LakesGreat Lakes are a are a collection of collection of freshwater seas located in eastern located in eastern North America, on the , on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes . Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, , Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest they form the largest group of freshwater lakes group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface on Earth by total surface and volume.[ and volume.[

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