Warm-up Complete 8 Regions Bell Ringer Write Homework in your agenda: Create a Post Card for one of the 8 Regions. Describe what the land is like and what you might do in each region.
Agenda Review Warm-up Create 8 Regions Flip book Geographic Features Songs
Eight Regions of North America Language Objective: Students will be able to describe the features of each of the 8 Regions Content Objective: Students be able to define major geographic features.
8 Regions of North America 1) Coastal Range 2) Basin and Range 3) Rocky Mountains 4) Great Plains 5) Interior Lowlands 6) Canadian Shield 7) Appalachian Mountains 8) Coastal Plains
Coastal Range West of the Rocky Mountains Stretches from Canada to California Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys
Coastal Range
Fertile valleys: example-California strawberries, and oranges
Basin and Range West of the Rocky Mountains Varying (different) elevations and isolated mountain ranges Death Valley Death Valley is the lowest point in North America
Great Basin meets Rocky Mountains
Varying elevations and isolated mountain ranges
Basin and Range Death Valley- lowest point in North America
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain view from an airplane
Continental Divide determines the directional flow of rainfall.
Great Plains Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west Known for grasslands
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Great Plains- grassland
Interior Lowlands Lowlands of rolling flatlands Rivers Broad valleys and Grassy hills
Interior Lowlands Rivers and broad river valleys
Mississippi River Valley
Interior Lowlands Grassy Hills
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
Wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape Hudson Bay
Thousands of years ago, during the ICE AGE, Canada and the northern United States was covered by glaciers- large masses of ice.
Canadian Shield These are Trees. Thousands of Lakes When the glaciers melted, they left thousands of lakes.
The northern most area
Polar Bear capital of the world: Churchill, Manitoba
Canadian Shield, rock formations Some of the oldest rock formations in North America
Appalachian Mountains Range from Canada to western Alabama Oldest mountains in North America Old eroded mountains
The Great Smokey Mountains
Appalachian Mountains Great Smoky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains in the fall.
Coastal Plains Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean Broad lowland with excellent harbors Borders the Gulf of Mexico Long sandy beaches
Broad lowlands
Many Excellent Harbors
Long sandy beaches Plains- large area of flat land Coastal – Next to the ocean