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Eight Regions of North America: Eight Regions of North America SOL USI.2b
8 Regions of North America: 8 Regions of North America Coastal Range
Basin and Range
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Interior Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Plains
Coastal Range: Coastal Range West of the Rocky Mountains
Stretches from Canada to California
Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys
Slide5: Coastal Range
Slide6: Coastal Range
Basin and Range: 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
Slide8: Basin and Range
Rocky Mountains: 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
Slide10: Rocky Mountains
Great Plains: Great Plains West of the Interior Lowlands
East of the Rocky Mountains
Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west
Known for grasslands
Slide12: Great
Plains
Slide13: Great Plains
Interior Lowlands: Interior Lowlands West of the Appalachian Mountains
East of the Great Plains
Lowlands of rolling flatlands
Rivers
Broad valleys and
Grassy hills
Slide15: Interior Lowlands
Slide16: Interior Lowlands
Canadian Shield: 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
Slide18: Canadian Shield These are Trees. Thousands of Lakes
Slide19: Canadian Shield, rock formations
Appalachian Mountains: Appalachian Mountains West of the Coastal Plains
Range from Canada to western Alabama
Oldest mountains in North America
Old eroded mountains
Slide21: Appalachian Mountains
Slide22: Appalachian Mountains in the fall.
Coastal Plains: Coastal Plains Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean
Broad lowland with excellent harbors
Borders the Gulf of Mexico
Long sandy beaches
Slide24: A bay in the Coastal Plains
Slide25: Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains