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The surf of the Atlantic Ocean washes the eastern coast of North America. Then, the continental coast circles the Gulf of MexicoĦ from the southern end of FloridaĦ across Alabama and Mississippi, to Louisiana and TexasĦ and finally hooking down into Mexico, all the way to the Yucatan Peninsula. Along this roughly 3,000 miles of oceanfront, the relatively flat lands adjacent to the sea are known as the "Coastal Plain." In some places in the north, the Coastal Plain can be as narrow as ten miles. While at its widest point the Coastal Plain region extends a distance of about 400 miles! From its pine and hardwood forests in the north, to the tropical rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula in the south, the Coastal Plain features some of the most beautiful and diverse landforms in all of North America.
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