Geographic Regions Of North America

·  Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico ·  Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors

• Canadian Shield
• Appalachian Highlands
• Coastal Plain
• Coastal Range

·  Located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes the Piedmont ·  Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)

• Appalachian Highlands
• Rocky Mountains
• Canadian Sheild
• Basin and Range

·  Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape ·  Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Highlands
• Great Plains
• Canadian Sheild

·  Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills

• Interior Lowlands
• Great Plains

·  Located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains ·  Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grasslands

• Basin and Range
• Great Plains
• Appalachian Mountains

Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers

• Appalachian Mountains
• Coastal Range
• Rocky Mountains
• Canadian Sheild

Located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

• Basin and Range
• Great Plains
• Canadian Sheild
• Interior Lowlands

Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada Contains fertile valleys

• Rocky Mountains
• Coastal Range
• Appalachian Mountains
• Great Plains