Regions of Regions of United StatesUnited States

Regions of United Regions of United StatesStates1) Pacific Coast2) Intermountain3) Rocky Mountains4) Interior Plains5) Canadian Shield6) Appalachian Highlands7) Coastal Plains

Pacific CoastPacific CoastWest of the Rocky Mountains

Stretches from Canada to California

Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys

Pacific Coast

Pacific Coast

IntermountainIntermountainWest 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

Intermountain

Rocky MountainsRocky MountainsWest 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

Rocky Mountains

Interior PlainsInterior PlainsWest of the Interior Lowlands

East of the Rocky Mountains

Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west

Known for grasslands

Lowlands of rolling flatlands

Rivers

Interior PlainsInterior Plains

Interior PlainsInterior Plains

Interior PlainsInterior Plains

Interior Interior PlainsPlains

Canadian ShieldCanadian ShieldWraps around the southern

portions of the Great Lakes and the Hudson Bay

Hills worn by erosionHundreds of glacier carved lakesSome of the oldest rock

formations in North America

Canadian Shield

These are Trees.

Thousands of Lakes

Canadian Shield, rock formations

Appalachian MountainsAppalachian MountainsWest of the Coastal PlainsRange from Canada to western

AlabamaOldest mountains in North

AmericaOld eroded mountains

Appalachian Mountains

Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

Coastal PlainsCoastal PlainsStretches along the Atlantic

OceanBroad lowland with excellent

harborsBorders the Gulf of MexicoLong sandy beaches

A bay in the Coastal Plains

Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains

Hawaii

•The Hawaiian archipelago is a string of islands and reefs.•Volcanoes•Beaches•Cliffs•low mountains•hills