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Anglo-America Physical Environment

Landform Regions Interior landforms Islands Western mts & plateaus Pacific Ranges & Rocky mts + Columbia & Colorado Plateaus, Great Basin Eastern mts & lowlands Appalachian Mts, Canadian Shield Gulf Coastal Plain, Atlantic Coastal Plain Interior landforms Great Plains Islands Hawaii, Vancouver, Maritimes, Alaska, Arctic, Manhattan Pacific Ranges= Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Coast Range, Alaska Range

Inland Water Resources Rocky Mt. Rivers Columbia, Colorado, Rio Grande, Mackenzie Eastern Rivers St. Lawrence Important cities developed on rivers + Mississippi River Basin Drains 31 states & 2 provinces Includes Missouri and Ohio as tributaries Lakes Formed by glaciers Great Lakes, Great Slave and Great Bear Montreal, Quebec, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC

Natural Resources Fossil fuels Minerals Timber Coastal Waters Oil, coal, natural gas Minerals Gold, silver, copper, iron ore, nickel, potash, bauxite Timber Conservation v. economics Coastal Waters fishing

Climate Regions + Tropical Highland Polar Arid Savanna = S. Florida Tundra = Arctic areas of Alaska & Canada Subarctic = Alaska & Canada Tropical Savanna = S. Florida Rain forest = Hawaii Arid Steppe = Great Basin & western Great Plains Desert = Great Basin & SW US Highland Rocky Mts. Pacific Ranges Tundra – lichens, short grasses, mosses; Subarctic – Coniferous forests; Steppe – grasses; Desert – scrub; Highland – trees by elevation

Climate Regions + Mid-Latitude Mid-Latitude Marine West Coast = Pacific Coast from Northern California to Southern Alaska Mediterranean = Southern California to the San Francisco Bay area Humid continental = Eastern Great Plains, Great Lakes, East Coast and Maritimes Humid subtropical = Southeastern United States into Texas Marine – forests, ferns, mosses; Mediterranean- chaparral; Continental – grasses, mixed forest