3. 8 Regions of North America
1) Coastal Range
2) Basin and Range
3) Rocky Mountains
4) Great Plains
5) Interior Lowlands
6) Canadian Shield
7) Appalachian Mountains
8) Coastal Plain
4. Coastal Range
West of the Rocky Mountains
Stretches from Alaska to California
Made up of Rugged Mountains and
Fertile Valleys
7. 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
9. 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
11. Great Plains
West of the Interior Lowlands
East of the Rocky Mountains
Flatlands that increase in elevation
slightly to the west
Known for grasslands
14. Interior Lowlands
West of the Appalachian Mountains
East of the Great Plains
Lowlands of rolling flatlands
Rivers
Broad valleys and
Grassy hills
17. 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
20. Appalachian Mountains
West of the Coastal Plain
Range from Canada to western
Alabama
Oldest mountains in North America
Old eroded mountains