United States Landscape

According to the ESRT,
the Catskills
are part of which type of landscape region?

• plateau
• coastal lowland
• mountain
• plain

• The elevation of the entire region will increase.
• The limestone will stop dissolving.
• The rate of wind erosion will increase.
• The landscape features will become more rounded.

According to the ESRT,
the Catskills
are part of which type of landscape region?

• plateau
• coastal lowland
• mountain
• plain

The major landscape regions of the United States are identified chiefly on the basis of...

• similar surface characteristics
• similar climatic conditions
• nearness to continental boundaries
• nearness to major mountain regions

In which landscape region are New York State's Finger Lakes primarily located?

• Adirondack Mountains
• Allegheny Plateau
• Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Erie-Ontario Lowlands

Which New York State landscape region is mostly composed of horizontal sedimentary bedrock at high elevations?

• Hudson Highlands
• Allegheny Plateau
• Taconic Mountains
• Atlantic Coastal Plain

The Catskills of New York State are best described as a plateau, while the Adirondacks are best described as mountains. Which factor is responsible for the difference in landscape classification of these two regions?

• climate variations
• bedrock structure
• vegetation type
• bedrock age

New York State’s Catskills are classified as which type of landscape region?

• mountain
• plateau
• lowland
• plain

A large flat area of land is a ...

• Plain
• Cape
• Bay
• Gulf

The maps below labeled A, B, and C show three different stream drainage patterns. Which factor is primarily responsible for causing these three different drainage patterns?

• amount of precipitation
• bedrock structure
• stream discharge
• prevailing winds