Transcript u.s. mountains and plains

MOUNTAINS
AND PLAINS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
HERE ARE SOME OF
THE MOUNTAINS
AND PLAINS OF
THE UNITED
STATES
THERE ARE
MOUNTAINS IN
HAWAII.
THEY ARE VOLCANIC
MOUNTAINS.
THE HEIGHT
OF MAUNA
LOA FROM
THE OCEAN
FLOOR IS
56,000
FEET!!!!
THERE ARE
MOUNTAINS IN
ALASKA, THE
ROCKY
MOUNTAINS.
THE TALLEST
MOUNTAIN IN NORTH
AMERICA IS IN
ALASKA,
MOUNT MCKINLEY.
THERE ARE 7 MOUNTAIN
RANGES IN THE
CONTINENTAL UNITED
STATES.
THEY ARE:
THE CASCADES
THE PACIFIC COASTAL
RANGE
THE SIERRA NEVADA
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
THE BLACK HILLS
THE OZARK “MOUNTAINS”
THE APPALACHIANS
THE CASCADE
MOUNTAINS ARE
IN THE
NORTHWEST
UNITED STATES
THE CASCADE
MOUNTAINS WERE
FORMED FROM
VOLCANOES.
THE MOST FAMOUS
OF THE CASCADE
VOLCANOES IN
RECENT YEARS IS
MOUNT ST. HELENS.
THE
MOUNTAIN/VOLCANO
EXPLODED AND A
THIRD OF THE
MOUNTAIN WAS
BLOWN AWAY.
THIS WAS MOUNT ST.
HELENS BEFORE THE
EXPLOSION IN 1980.
THIS IS THE
EXPLOSION
IN 1980.
THIS IS WHAT MOUNT
ST. HELENS WAS LIKE
AFTER THE EXPLOSION.
Mt. Ranier is the tallest
mountain in the Cascade
Range, 14,400 feet.
THE PACIFIC
COASTAL
RANGE
THE PACIFIC COASTAL
MOUNTAINS SEEM TO RISE
OUT OF THE OCEAN.
This is Mount Junipero Serra,
the highest mountain on the
California Pacific range.
THE SIERRA
NEVADA
MOUNTAINS
MT. WHITNEY
IS THE
HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN IN
THE SIERRA
NEVADAS,
14,500 FEET.
THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS
Mt. Elbert, Colorado, is the
tallest mountain in the U.S.
Rocky Mountains, 14,440 feet.
THE
BLACK
HILLS
Harney Peak is the tallest
mountain in the Black
Hills,
7,250 feet.
THE
OZARK
“MOUNTAINS”
The Ozark “mountains”
are really not mountains.
They are a highland
plateau in the middle of
the plains of the United
States.
Mount Magazine
is the highest
Ozark mountain
2,750 feet.
THE
APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS
The Appalachian
Mountains, in the
eastern part of the
United States are
covered with forests.
The Smoky Mountains, part of the
Appalachians, have this beautiful
mist that gives them a “smoky”
appearance, especially in the
morning
Mt. Mitchell is the highest mountain
in the Appalachian mountains,
6,690 feet.
THE PLAINS
OF THE
UNITED
STATES
The United States is
blessed with a large flat
area in the middle of the
nation. These are the
PLAINS of our country.
The reasons the plains are
so special are:
1) They have enough water
to grow crops such as
corn, wheat, oats, barley,
rye and other crops.
2) The plains have
a climate which
will allow crops to
grow.
3) The soil of the
plains is rich
enough to grow
crops.
Other areas of the world
have large, flat areas, but
they can’t grow food.
Russia has the largest flat
area in the world, but is too
cold for crops.
Australia has a large, flat
area, but is too dry.
The same is true in
northern Africa, the
Sahara Desert.
The Amazon River
basin is large and flat,
but too wet and the
soil too poor to grow
many crops.
Here are various
areas of the
Plains of the
United States.
THE GREAT
PLAINS
OR
NORTHERN
PLAINS
SOUTHERN
PLAINS
MIDWEST
PLAINS
GULF
COAST
PLAINS
ATLANTIC
COAST
PLAINS
THE
GREAT
BASIN
The Great Basin is a
unique place in the
United States. Any rain,
snow, hail or sleet that
falls there is trapped.
The water does not flow
to the ocean. The
Cascade, Sierra Nevada
and Rocky Mountains
are around the Great
Basin.
The water evaporates in
a set of salt lakes and
“sinks” in the area. The
Great Salt Lake is in the
Great Basin.
This is the Great Salt
Lake.
The Great Salt Lake is so
salty you will float in it
without holding your breath.
This is the Humbolt River
that runs in the Great
Basin. It “goes nowhere”
and the water evaporates
in the Humbolt Sink.
These are the
mountains and
plains of the United
States you will have
to know.