USA LANDFORMS

Appalachian Mountains stretches 1600 miles from Quebec to Alabama rounded b/c of erosion and age Includes Green Mts., Black Mts., Smokey Mts., Blue Ridge Mts. Mt. Mitchell 6,684 ft – highest peak in Black Mts. Of North Carolina

Coastal Plains

Divided into 2 sectionsAtlantic Coastal Plains and Gulf Coastal Plains

Central Lowlands

Located between Appalachians and Great PlainsUsed for farming

Ozark Plateau

between Missouri and Arkansas Rivers

scenic region with springs and underground streams

Great Plains

generally high plateau in central North America extends from Canada to Texas bordered on east by central lowlands and west by Rocky Mts.grain & livestock farms

Rocky Mountains

chain of rugged mts stretching from Canada to Texas forms part of the Continental DivideMt. Elbert 14,443 ft highest peak bordered on east by Great Plains & west by Great Basin

deep, steep walled canyon in NW Arizona carved by the Colorado River – began about 6 million years ago 277 mi ling, up to 18 mi wide, 5,000 feet deep

Grand Canyon

Great Basin

Inland drainage in western USABordered by Sierra Nevada & Cascade Range Covers 210,000 sq mi Gradual slope from north at 400 ft above sea level to 282 ft below sea level. (Death Valley) Its waterways drain inland instead of into the sea.

Sierra Nevada Mt. Range in California, small portion in Nevada near Lake TahoeAbout 400 mi longMt. Whitney 14,494 ft highest peak Includes Yosemite National Park

Cascade Range

About 700 mi long Forms rain shadow Highest point – Mt. Rainier 14,410 ft Mt. Saint Helens a part of range – erupted in 1982

Coast Ranges

unconnected mountain system extends from southern Alaska to Baja California

Brooks Range

mt system in northern Alaska separates Alaska North Slope from Yukon River Valley