Regions of United States. 1) Pacific Coast 2) Intermountain 3) Rocky Mountains 4) Interior Plains 5) Canadian Shield 6) Appalachian Highlands 7) Coastal.

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Regions of United States

1) Pacific Coast 2) Intermountain 3) Rocky Mountains 4) Interior Plains 5) Canadian Shield 6) Appalachian Highlands 7) Coastal Plains

Pacific Coast West of the Rocky Mountains Stretches from Canada to California Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys

Pacific Coast

Intermountain West of the Rocky Mountains East of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades Varying elevations and isolated mountain ranges Death Valley ◦ Death Valley is the lowest point in North America

Intermountain

Rocky Mountains West of the Great Plains East of the Great Basin Rugged Mountains with High Elevations Includes the Continental Divide ◦ The Continental Divide determines the directional flow of rivers

Rocky Mountains

Interior Plains West of the Interior Lowlands East of the Rocky Mountains Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west Known for grasslands Lowlands of rolling flatlands Rivers

Interior Plains

InteriorPlains

Canadian Shield Wraps around the southern portions of the Great Lakes and the Hudson Bay Hills worn by erosion Hundreds of glacier carved lakes Some of the oldest rock formations in North America

Canadian Shield These are Trees. Thousands of Lakes

Canadian Shield, rock formations

Appalachian Mountains West of the Coastal Plains Range from Canada to western Alabama Oldest mountains in North America Old eroded mountains

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

Coastal Plains Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean Broad lowland with excellent harbors Borders the Gulf of Mexico Long sandy beaches

A bay in the Coastal Plains

Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains

Hawaii The Hawaiian archipelago is a string of islands and reefs. Volcanoes Beaches Cliffs low mountains hills