Belts of mountains run along the east and west sides of North America. In the east are the Laurentians and the Appalachians. The mountains in the west are much taller. They include the Rocky Mountains, which extend from Canada to Mexico. Mexico has the Sierra Madre Occidental in the west and the Sierra Madre Oriental in the east.

Between the Appalachians and the Atlantic Ocean in the east is a low coastal plain. Another vast…

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