1. Geographic Regions of North America

3. The Coastal Plain Stretches inland from Atlantic Ocean
between Mass. and
Florida and then west
along the Gulf Coast

4. The Coastal Plain
Low and flat land
Pine forest
Harbors

5. Interior Lowlands
Stretch across middle
US and Canada

6. Interior Lowlands Flat with some rolling hills
Many rivers and broad valleys
East more trees
West more grassland

7. The Great Plains
In between Interior Lowlands and Rocky Mountains

8. The Great Plains Mostly flat Vast grasslands Wheat fields
Few rivers and trees
Increasing elevation
westward
Black Hills

9. The Appalachian Highlands
West of Coastal Plain
Alabama to Canada

10. The Appalachian Highlands
Oldest mountains in North America
Mountain Ranges, Blue Ridge Mountains
Rolling hills and valleys, Piedmont

11. The Rocky Mountains West of Great Plains Largest and Longest
mountain range
Extends from
New Mexico through
Canada and into Alaska

12. The Rocky Mountains Sharp and jagged peaks
Higher peaks covered with snow
Continental Divide

13. Basin and Range Mexico along side California up towards Washington
Varying elevations and isolated mountain ranges

14. Basin and Range
Basin: a low, bowl shaped area with higher ground around it
Death Valley, lowest point in N. America, hottest and driest

15. Basin and Range The Great Basin, Columbia and Colorado Plateaus
The Grand Canyon, world’s deepest and largest canyons

16. Coastal Range
West coast of US and Canada

17. Coastal Range
Rugged low mountain ranges
Large valleys
Fertile soil

18. The Canadian Shield
Rocky, horseshoe shaped region wrapping around most of Hudson Bay
Covers almost half of Canada

19. The Canadian Shield
Mountains were eroded into low hills by glaciers while in other places left lakes
South is evergreen trees, north is a tundra
Tundra: cold, dry, treeless plain