1. Regions of United States

3. 1) Pacific Coast 2) Intermountain 3) Rocky Mountains 4) Interior Plains 5) Canadian Shield 6) Appalachian Highlands 7) Coastal Plains

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

5. Pacific Coast

7. Intermountain 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. Intermountain

9. 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

10. Rocky Mountains

11. Interior Plains West of the Interior Lowlands East of the Rocky Mountains Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west Known for grasslands Lowlands of rolling flatlands Rivers

12. Interior Plains

15. InteriorPlains

16. 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

17. Canadian Shield These are Trees. Thousands of Lakes

18. Canadian Shield, rock formations

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

20. Appalachian Mountains

21. Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

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

23. A bay in the Coastal Plains

24. Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains

25. Hawaii The Hawaiian archipelago is a string of islands and reefs. Volcanoes Beaches Cliffs low mountains hills