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. Fertile valleys:
example-California strawberries, and oranges

8. Basin and Range West of the Rocky Mountains
Varying (different) elevations and isolated mountain ranges
Death Valley
Death Valley is the lowest point in North America

10. Great Basin meets Rocky Mountains

11. Varying elevations and isolated mountain ranges

12. Basin and Range
Death Valley- lowest point in North America

14. Rocky Mountains

16. Rocky Mountain view from an airplane

17. Continental Divide determines the directional flow of rainfall.

18. Great Plains Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west
Known for grasslands

19. Great
Plains

20. Great Plains- grassland

21. Interior Lowlands Lowlands of rolling flatlands Rivers
Broad valleys and
Grassy hills

22. Interior Lowlands
Rivers and broad river valleys

23. Mississippi River Valley

25. Grassy Hills
Interior Lowlands

26. 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

27. Wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape

28. Thousands of years ago, during the ICE AGE, Canada and the northern United States was covered by glaciers- large masses of ice.

29. Canadian Shield These are Trees.
When the glaciers melted, they left thousands of lakes.
These are Trees.
Thousands of Lakes
Canadian Shield

30. The northern most area

31. Polar Bear capital of the world: Churchill, Manitoba

32. Canadian Shield, rock formations
Some of the oldest rock formations in North America
Canadian Shield, rock formations

33. Appalachian Mountains
Range from Canada to western Alabama
Oldest mountains in North America
Old eroded mountains

34. The Great Smokey Mountains

35. Appalachian Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains

36. Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

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

38. Broad lowlands

39. Many Excellent Harbors

40. Long sandy beaches Plains- large area of flat land Coastal –
Next to the ocean