Post on 15-May-2015
•Located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
•Broad Lowlands providing many excellent harbors
http://www.worldbook.com/features/lewisandclark/assets/appalachians.gif
•Located west of the Coastal Plain
•Extends from Eastern Canada to western Alabama
•Old, eroded mountains
•Oldest Mountain Range in North America
•Wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape
•Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes caused by glaciers
•Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America http://www.nucleartourist.com/images/shield1.jpg
http://csern.laurentian.ca/Canadian_Shield.htm
•Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and East of the Great Plains
•Rolling flat lands and grassy hills
many rivers with broad river valleys
Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains
Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward
Grasslandshttp://www.stephentrimble.net/gp/closeup.asp
•Located to the west of the Great Plains and East of the Basin and Range
•Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico
•High Elevations
•Contains Continental Divide—which determines the directional flow of rivers
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/WesternPopulationTagUtah.html
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
http://photos.kailiu.com/images/dscf6752.jpg
http://www.elkfordcampground.com/
•Located West of the Rocky Mountains and East of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades
•Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/LivingWith/VolcanicPast/Notes/basin_and_range.html
http://www.ilexikon.com/images/6/62/LocMap_death_valley_np.png
Death Valley
http://www.ilexikon.com/images/9/93/Racetrack-Playa-Death-Valley-2.jpg
http://www.itine-rari.it/immagini/Dante's%20View,%20Death%20Valley%20National%20Park,%20California.JPG
http://www.coastrange.org/images/project_map3.jpg
•Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada
•Contains fertile valleys