1. REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
COASTAL PLAIN
INTERIOR LOWLANDS
COASTAL RANGE
CANADIAN SHIELD
BASIN AND RANGE
GREAT PLAINS
ROCKY MOUNTAINS
APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS

2. COASTAL PLAIN Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Broad lowland that provides many excellent harbors.

3. APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS
Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)

4. CANADIAN SHIELD Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape
Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

5. INTERIOR LOWLANDS
Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills.

6. GREAT PLAINS
Flat land that gradually increases elevation as you travel westward; grasslands

7. ROCKY MOUNTAINS
Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico: high elevations
Contains the continental divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers

8. BASIN AND RANGE
Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and valleys
Contains Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

9. COASTAL RANGE
Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada.
Contains fertile valleys.