1. United States and Canada Landforms NEXT Continued... The Eastern Lowlands Atlantic Coastal Plain - Delaware to Florida Gulf Coastal Plain goes from Florida, along Gulf of Mexico, to Texas Piedmont—low plateau between coastal plains, Appalachian Highlands

2. 1 NEXT The Appalachian Highlands Appalachian Highlands run 1,600 miles, stretching from SE Canada through the SE of the U.S., and are slowly eroding -includes the Green, Catskill, Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains Continued...

3. NEXT The Interior Lowlands Glaciers leveled the land, left fertile soil Interior Plains extend from Appalachians to Missouri River Great Plains extend from Missouri River to Rocky Mountains Canadian Shield—vast, flat area around Hudson Bay Continued...

4. NEXT The Western Mountains, Plateaus, and Basins Rocky Mountains run 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico and are 80 million years old Continents highest peak – Mt. Denali Continental divide – Marks the separation between rivers flowing East and rivers flowing West Continued...

5. 1 NEXT The Islands Canada’s large, northern islands U.S.: Aleutians (Alaska), Hawaiian

6. Resources - Water U.S. and Canada are bounded by: -Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic oceans and Gulf of Mexico rivers and lakes that provide - transportation, hydroelectric power, irrigation, fresh water NEXT Great Lakes: HOMES Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio river system: continent’s longest, busiest river Mackenzie River: longest in Canada Land and Forests Fertile soil helps make North America world’s leading food exporter Large forests yield lumber and other products