1. Eight Regions of North America
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3. 8 Regions of North America
Coastal Range
Basin and Range
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Interior Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Plains

4. Coastal Range West of the Rocky Mountains
Stretches from Canada to California
Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys

5. Coastal Range

6. Coastal Range

7. Basin and Range 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

8. Basin and Range

10. 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

11. Rocky Mountains

19. Great Plains West of the Interior Lowlands East of the Rocky Mountains
Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west
Known for grasslands

20. G re at
Pl ai n s

21. Great Plains

22. Interior Lowlands West of the Appalachian Mountains
East of the Great Plains
Lowlands of rolling flatlands
Rivers
Broad valleys and
Grassy hills

23. Interior Lowlands

24. Interior Lowlands

29. 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

30. Thousands of Lakes
These are Trees.
Canadian Shield

31. Canadian Shield, rock formations

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

33. Appalachian Mountains

34. Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

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

36. A bay in the Coastal Plains

37. Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains