1. U.S. and Canada: Landforms, Climate, and Vegetation
Chapter 5 – Sections 1 & 2
TEKS: 3B, 4A, 4B, 6A, 8C, 9A, 21A, 21C, 21D, 22B, 22C, 22D

2. U.S. and Canada – Vast Lands
Total area of any country:
Russia
Canada
United States
China
Brazil
Together, they fill 1/8 of the land surface on the earth.

3. APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
Eastern Mountain Chain
1,600 miles from Newfoundland to Alabama
Includes, Green, Catskill, Blue Ridge, and Smoky Mountains
400 million years old

4. INTERIOR LOWLANDS The Great Plains
Mostly treeless area
4,000 feet above sea level
Runs from southern Texas up through southern Canada.
Tornado Alley

5. CANADIAN SHIELD Rocky, but mainly flat region Lies far north in Canada
Covers about 18 million square miles
Encircles Hudson Bay

6. ROCKY MOUNTAINS Western mountain chain
Extend 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico
Line of highest points makes up Continental Divide
80 million years old

7. Tundra and Subarctic Frigid winter temperatures are common.
Winters - long and bitterly cold
Summers - brief and chilly
Treeless plains in tundra, evergreens in subarctic.
Iqaluit, Nunavut (CAN)
Barrow, Alaska (USA)

9. Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ranges
Highland climate and vegetation
The mtns. influence temp. and precip.
Western Mtns. trap Pacific moisture.

11. Moderate Climates: Humid Continental
The north-central and NE United States and southern Canada.
Winters are cold and summers are warm.
Productive agriculture.
Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN)
Des Moines, Iowa (USA)

13. Moderate Climates: Marine West Coast
Ranges from northern California to southern Alaska.
Affected by Ocean currents, coastal mtns..
San Francisco, California (USA)
Vancouver, British Columbia (CAN)

15. Tropical Climates
Hawaii
Florida
Everglades – A huge swampland that covers about 4,000 sq. miles.