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Eight Regions of North America

Eight Regions of North America. SOL USI.2b. 8 Regions of North America. 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

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Eight Regions of North America

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  1. Eight Regions of North America • SOL USI.2b

  2. 8 Regions of North America • Coastal Range • Basin and Range • Rocky Mountains • Great Plains • Interior Lowlands • Canadian Shield • Appalachian Mountains • Coastal Plains

  3. Coastal Range • West of the Rocky Mountains • Stretches from Canada to California • Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys

  4. Coastal Range

  5. Coastal Range

  6. 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

  7. Basin and Range

  8. 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

  9. Rocky Mountains

  10. Great Plains • West of the Interior Lowlands • East of the Rocky Mountains • Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west • Known for grasslands

  11. Great Plains

  12. Great Plains

  13. Interior Lowlands • West of the Appalachian Mountains • East of the Great Plains • Lowlands of rolling flatlands • Rivers • Broad valleys and • Grassy hills

  14. Interior Lowlands

  15. Interior Lowlands

  16. 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

  17. Thousands of Lakes These are Trees. Canadian Shield

  18. Canadian Shield, rock formations

  19. Appalachian Mountains • West of the Coastal Plains • Range from Canada to western Alabama • Oldest mountains in North America • Old eroded mountains • Includes the Piedmont

  20. Appalachian Mountains

  21. Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

  22. Coastal Plains • Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean • Broad lowland with excellent harbors • Borders the Gulf of Mexico • Long sandy beaches

  23. A bay in the Coastal Plains

  24. Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plains

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