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 Highlands
Coastal Plains

4. Coastal Range Along Pacific Coast 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

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

12. Great
Plains

13. Great Plains

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

15. Interior Lowlands

16. Interior Lowlands

17. Canadian Shield
Wraps around the southern portions of the Great Lakes and the Hudson Bay
Hills worn by erosion
Hundreds of glacier carved lakes

18. Thousands of Lakes
These are Trees.
Canadian Shield

19. Canadian Shield, rock formations

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

21. Appalachian Highlands

22. Appalachian Highlands in the fall.

23. Coastal Plains Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean
Broad lowland with excellent harbors
Borders the Gulf of Mexico
Connect North America to the world

24. A bay in the Coastal Plains

25. Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains