A Power Point about the eight regions of North America.

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

3. 8 Regions of North America Coastal Range Basin and Range Rocky Mountains Great Plains Interior Lowlands Canadian Shield Appalachian Mountains Coastal Plain

4. Coastal Range West of the Rocky Mountains Stretches from Alaska to California Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys

5. Coastal Range

6. Coastal Range

7. 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

8. Basin and Range

9. 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

10. Rocky Mountains

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

12. Great Plains

13. Great Plains

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

15. Interior Lowlands

16. Interior Lowlands

17. 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

18. Thousands of Lakes These are Trees. Canadian Shield

19. Canadian Shield, rock formations

20. Appalachian Mountains West of the Coastal Plain Range from Canada to western Alabama Oldest mountains in North America Old eroded mountains

21. Appalachian Mountains

22. Appalachian Mountains in the fall.

23. Coastal Plain Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean Broad lowland with excellent harbors Borders the Gulf of Mexico Long sandy beaches

24. A bay in the Coastal Plain

25. Inlets, bays and capes along the Coastal Plain