Physiographic Features of the United States. A Nation of Water.

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Physiographic Features of the United States

A Nation of Water

A view of the Pacific Ocean on the California coast

A view of the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of Maine

A view of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

A view of Lake Michigan

A view of the shoreline of the Great Salt Lake

A satellite view of Chesapeake Bay

A view of the San Francisco Bay

An aerial view of the Hudson River as it flows through New York City toward Hudson Bay

A view of commercial traffic along the Mississippi River

A satellite view of the Ohio River

A satellite view of the Missouri River

A view of the Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon

A view of the Rio Grande looking downriver from El Paso, Texas

An illustrated view of the St. Lawrence River and its connections with the Great Lakes

A view of the Columbia River

The Land

An aerial view of the Great Plains

A view of the area known as the Great Basin

A satellite view of Cape Cod

A view of a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain

A view of Cape Hatteras along the Atlantic Coastal Plain

A view of farmland in the Central Valley of California

A view of the Appalachian Mountains

A view of the Rocky Mountains

A view of the Sierra Nevada

A view of Mount McKinley in Alaska

A view of Mount Whitney in California

A view of the Cascade Range

A view of the Coast Range in California

A view of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska

A satellite view of the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii