Eight Geographic Regions and Continents

Which Region is located along the Pacific Ocean?

• Coastal Range

• Basin and Range

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plain

This Region contains many rivers and lowlands - 

• Interior Lowlands
• Great Plains
• Appalachian Highlands
• Coastal Plain

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

• Rocky Mountains

• Canadian Shield

• Coastal Range

• Coastal Plains

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

• Basin and Range

• Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains

• Interior Lowlands

Rugged Mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations.The Continental Divide is located in this region. Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range.

• Rocky Mountains

• Coastal Range

• Canadian Shield

• Coastal Plains

Areas of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America. Located west of the Rocky Mountains ans east of the Coastal Range.

• Great Plains

• Coastal Range

• Basin and Range

• Canadian Range

Wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape; hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers; holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America.

• Canadian Shield

• Coastal Range

• Basin and Range

• Interior Lowlands

Identify the shaded region

• Canadian Shield
• Interior Lowlands
• Great Plains
• Coastal Plain

Which # represents the Rocky Mountains?

• 4
• 2
• 3
• 6

Which Region is shaded in on the map? Be careful! Look at map and compare your notes before choosing answer.

• Coastal Range

• Basin and Range

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains