8 Geographic Regions

 Varied elevations with isolated mountain ranges; contains Death Valley, the lowest point in North America

• Coastal Plain
• Appalachian Highlands
• Coastal Range
• Basin and Range

Rugged mountains from Alaska almost to Mexico with very high elevations; contains the Continental Divide

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Highlands
• Coastal Range
• Basin and Range

Flat lands that gradually increase in elevation to the west; large grasslands

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Highlands
• Great Plains
• Interior Lowlands

Broad (wide) lowlands and many excellent harbors; edged by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

• Rocky Mountains
• Coastal Plain
• Great Plains
• Interior Lowlands

Oldest mountain range in North America; rounded, eroded peaks

• Rocky Mountains
• Appalachian Highlands
• Great Plains
• Interior Lowlands

Horseshoe shape; hills worn by erosion; hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

• Basin and Range
• Coastal Plain
• Canadian Shield
• Interior Lowlands

• Basin and Range
• Coastal Plain
• Great Plains
• Coastal Range

• Rocky Mountains
• Coastal Range
• Appalachian Highlands
• Basin and Range

• Appalachian Highlands
• Canadian Shield
• Rocky Mountains
• Coastal Range

• Interior Lowlands
• Canadian Shield
• Coastal Plain
• Appalachian Highlands