Transcript Eight Regions of North America

Eight Regions of
North America
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8 Regions of North America
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Coastal Range
Basin and Range
Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Interior Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Plains
Coastal Range
 West of the Rocky Mountains
 Stretches from Canada to California
 Made up of Rugged Mountains and
Fertile Valleys
Coastal Range
Coastal Range
Fertile valleys:
example-California strawberries, and oranges
Basin and Range
 West of the Rocky Mountains
 Varying (different) elevations and
isolated mountain ranges
 Death Valley
 Death Valley is the lowest point in North
America
Great Basin meets Rocky Mountains
Varying elevations and
isolated mountain ranges
Basin
and
Range
Death Valley- lowest point in North America
Rocky
Mountains
Rocky Mountain view from an airplane
Continental
Divide
determines
the
directional
flow of
rainfall.
Great Plains
 Flatlands that increase
in elevation
slightly to the west
 Known for grasslands
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Great Plains- grassland
Interior Lowlands
 Lowlands of rolling flatlands
 Rivers
 Broad valleys and
 Grassy hills
Interior Lowlands
Rivers and broad river valleys
Mississippi River Valley
Grassy
Hills
Interior
Lowlands
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
Hudson
Bay
Wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe
shape
Thousands of
years ago,
during the ICE
AGE, Canada
and the
northern United
States was
covered by
glaciers- large
masses of ice.
When the glaciers melted, they left thousands of lakes.
These are
Trees.
Thousands of Lakes
Canadian Shield
The northern most area
Polar Bear capital of the world: Churchill,
Manitoba
Some of the oldest
rock formations in
North America
Canadian
Shield, rock
formations
Appalachian Mountains
 Range from Canada to western
Alabama
 Oldest mountains in North America
 Old eroded mountains
The Great Smokey Mountains
Appalachian
Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains
Appalachian
Mountains in
the fall.
Coastal Plains
 Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean
 Broad lowland with excellent harbors
 Borders the Gulf of Mexico
 Long sandy beaches
Broad lowlands
Many Excellent Harbors
Long sandy beaches
Plains- large area of flat land
Coastal –
Next to the ocean