GEOG 1001 Chapter : Notes Section 4
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Freshwater lakes, mountains, plains, permafrost, coast, deserts, wetlands, forests, rivers, complex and diverse landscapes. Topography ranges from at to hills to mountains. Coastal plain, soil ranges- river valleys have rich soils mild temperatures in coastal plains because near the gulf stream, resources in coastal plain- oil. Louisiana has about a 3rd of the oil reserves in the country. Piedmont- band of land down slope from the appalachian mountains, and between coastal plain, land that has eroded from mountain, resource is water power. Central lowland, at area bounded by missouri river and ohio river and south of great lakes, modest typography, built by debris of melting glaciers creating right agricultural land. Canadian shield- oldest rock material, granites, 4 billion years old, core geology, nickel copper diamond lead iron, cold winter moderate summer, bitter cold and hard for human settlement. Great plains- much like piedmont but for the rocky mountains.
