Eight Regions of North America

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Eight Regions of North America

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8 Regions of North America

1. Coastal Range
2. Basin and Range
3. Rocky Mountains
4. Great Plains
5. Interior Lowlands
6. Canadian Shield
7. Appalachian Mountains
8. Coastal Plains

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Coastal Range

• West of the Rocky Mountains
• Stretches from Canada to California
• Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys

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Coastal Range
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Coastal Range
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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

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Basin and Range
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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

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Rocky Mountains
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Great Plains

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

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Great Plains
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Great Plains
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Interior Lowlands

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

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Interior Lowlands
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Interior Lowlands
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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

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Thousands of Lakes
These are Trees.
Canadian Shield
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Canadian Shield, rock formations
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Appalachian Mountains

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

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Appalachian Mountains
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Appalachian Mountains in the fall.
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Coastal Plains

• Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean
• Broad lowland with excellent harbors
• Borders the Gulf of Mexico
• Long sandy beaches

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A bay in the Coastal Plains
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Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains