1. Topography of the US

2. The Contour of the US
Mt Whitney 14,495 Cali
Mt Mitchell 6,684 NC

3. Topography of the Northeast

4. New York’s Canals

5. A New England Fall The back roads of Vermont Kancamagus Highway, Maine
Covered Bridge over the Connecticut River

6. Topography of the Southeast

7. Charleston, SC: The South’s First Port

8. Topography of the Midwest

9. Chicago Skyline: The “Second” City

10. The Great Plains

11. Topography of the West

12. Bodies of Water
Great Salt Lake
Chesapeake Bay
Lake Okeechobee

14. Rivers St. Lawrence R. Columbia R. Missouri R. Hudson R. Potomac R.
Mississippi R.
Ohio R.
Colorado R.
Arkansas R.
Rio Grande R.
Yukon R.

15. The Mississippi: America’s Great River Road
The “Big Muddy”.
2,350 miles.
Draining all or part of states & 2 Canadian provinces.
Covers 40% of the U. S.

16. Great Salt Lake 2000 square miles. 10’ – 28’ deep.
6 times saltier than the oceans.

17. Lake Okeechobee, FL

18. Mountains & Plateaus Adirondack Mts. Cascade Mts. Rocky Mts.
Sierra Nevada Mts.
^ Mt. Whitney
Appalachian Mts.
^ Pike’s Peak
^ Mt. McKinley
Alaskan Range

20. The Continental Divide

21. Grand Canyon

22. Atlantic Coastal Plains
Great Basin
Central Plains
Atlantic Coastal Plains
Gulf Coastal Plains

23. The Great Plains

24. Deserts
Death Valley
Mohave Desert

25. Mohave Desert – 3,000’

26. Death Valley, CA
3.3 million acres.
95% wilderness.

27. Atlantic Coastal Plains
Completed Map
St. Lawrence R.
Columbia R.
Adirondack Mts.
Cascade Mts.
Missouri R.
Hudson R.
Rocky Mts.
Great Basin
Potomac R.
Great Salt Lake
Cumberland Plateau
Mississippi R.
Chesapeake Bay
Central Plains
Sierra Nevada Mts.
^ Mt. Whitney
Appalachian Mts.
Ohio R.
Colorado R.
^ Pike’s Peak
Death Valley
Arkansas R.
Atlantic Coastal Plains
Mohave Desert
Gulf Coastal Plains
Lake Okeechobee
Rio Grande R.
Yukon R.
^ Mt. McKinley
Alaskan Range

30. The American Landscape

31. US Wetlands

32. Seismography Data:
Earthquakes!

33. Tornadoes Per Year:

35. National Parks

36. US National Parks (1) Grand Teton National Park, WY
Glacier National Park, MT
Mt. Rushmore National Park, SD

37. US National Parks (2) Everglades National Park, FL
Yellowstone National Park, MT
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

38. US National Parks (3) Yosemite National Park, CA
Acadia National Park, ME
Natural Bridges National Park, UT