Transcript Major Geographic Landforms

Major Geographic Landforms
of the U.S.
Can you locate the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky
Mountains, The Grand Canyon, and the Coastal Ranges?
The Grand Canyon
(Southwest Region)
The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved
by the Colorado River, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is largely
contained within the Grand Canyon National Park.
How big is the Grand Canyon?
The canyon, created by the
Colorado River cutting a
channel over millions of years,
is about 277 miles long, and
ranges in width from 0.25 to
15 miles.
The Grand Canyon is very
deep - in places it is over
a mile deep.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
(Midwest and Southeast Regions)
The Mississippi River is about 2,552 miles long and
ranges from 20 feet to 4 miles wide.
A Mississippi Riverboat
Shipping on the Mississippi
78% of the world's exports in
feed grains and soybeans are
shipped down the Mississippi to
the port in New Orleans.
A bridge across the Mississippi.
Rocky Mountains (Western Region)
The highest
peak is Mount
Elbert, in
Colorado,
which is
14,440 feet
above sea
level.
The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles from British
Columbia, in Canada, to New Mexico, in the United States.
Appalachian Mountains
(Northeast and Southeast Regions)
Mt. Mitchell, in
North Carolina,
is the highest
peak in the
Appalachians. It
is 6,684 feet
above sea level.
The Appalachian
Mountains are
1,600 miles long
and extend
from Quebec,
Canada to
Alabama.
The Great Salt Lake
(West)
The Great Salt Lake is the largest
salt lake in the Western
Hemisphere.
The Great Salt Lake
contains five billion tons
of salt and other
minerals.
The Saltair Resort and
Amusement Park.
Water can only leave the lake
by evaporation which makes
the lake very salty—saltier
than sea water.