US2b Geographic Regions

varies in elevation; isolated mountain ranges; Death Valley; lowest point in North America

wraps around the Hudson Bay like a horseshoe

located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains

contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers

located along the Pacific Coast; stretching from California to Canada

west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Coastal Range

west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains

hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward; grasslands

old, eroded mountains; oldest mountain range in North America

west of the Great Plains and east of the Great Basin

broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors

rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations

located west of Coastal Plain, from eastern Canada to western Alabama, includes the Piedmont

rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills

rugged mountains and fertile valleys