North American Regions. Physiographic Regions Landforms and their formation.

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North American Regions

Physiographic Regions Landforms and their formation

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North America’s Major Physiographic Regions Key Atlantic & Gulf Coastal Plains (lime green) Appalachians (Fall Line + 4 sub-divisions: Piedmont, Blue Ridge, Ridge & Valley, and Plateaus) (pale yellow) Mississippi Valley (part of the coastal plain) Interior Highlands (Ozard and Ouchitas) (dark green) Interior Plains & Prairies (pink east of the 20” isohyet) Great Lakes (Canadian Shield and Prairies) Continental Shield (aka Canadian or Laurentian Shield) Great Plains & High Plains (pink west of the 20” isohyet) Arctic Coastal Plain (bright yellow) Rockies (brown) Colorado Plateau (orange-ish) Basin & Range (pale lime green to south) Columbia Plateau (pale lime green to north) Western Mountains & Valleys (Sierra Nevada, Cascades; Sacramento, Willamette, Imperial Valleys) (reddish orange)

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