NORTH AMERICA

7th Grade WH/GEOPeriod #2

8 REGIONS IN NORTH AMERICA

8 REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA1) Coastal Range2) Basin & Range3) Rocky Mountains4) Great Plains5) Interior Lowlands6) Canadian Shield7) Appalachian Mountains8) Coastal Plain

COASTAL RANGE West of the Rocky Mountains Stretches from Alaska to California Made up of Rugged Mountains and

Fertile Valleys.

COASTAL RANGE

BASIN & RANGE West of the Rocky Mountains East of the Sierra Nevada's and the

Cascades Varying elevations and isolated

mountain ranges. Death Valley-Death Valley is the lowest point in North

America.

BASIN & RANGE

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.

ROCKY MOUNTAINS

GREAT PLAINS -West of the Interior Lowlands-East of the Rocky Mountains-Flatlands that increase in elevation

slightly to the west-Known for grasslands

GREAT PLAINS

INTERIOR LOWLANDS West of the Appalachian Mountains East of the Great Plains Lowlands of rolling flatlands Rivers Broad Valleys and Grassy hills

INTERIOR LOW LANDS

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

the North America

CANADIAN SHIELD

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS West of the Coastal Plain Range from Canada to western

Alabama Oldest mountains in North America Old Eroded Mountains

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

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

COASTAL PLAIN

COUNTRIES & MISCELLANEOUS

PHYSICAL MAP NORTH AMERICA