Major Mountain Ranges and Rivers of the United States
Standard SS3G1 The student will locate major topographical features. a. Identify major rivers of the United States of America: Missisippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson. b. Identify major mountain ranges of the United States of America: Appalachian, Rocky.
Colorado River Runs through: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California Major river of the Southwestern United States
Rio Grande River It starts in the Rocky Mountains Flows through the entire state of New Mexico, Colorado, and around the entire southern boarder of Texas
Mississippi River The Mississippi River lies in the following ten US states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota
Ohio River Runs through Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio Largest tributary to the Mississippi River. It is 981 miles long.
Hudson River It is located in New York, flows north to south. It also forms the boarder of New York and Mexico It is 315 miles long
Mnemonic for Rivers C R M O H
Appalachian Mountains Runs through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York
Rocky Mountains This mountain range runs through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico