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1 Anglo-America Physical Environment

2 Landform Regions Interior landforms Islands Western mts & plateaus
Pacific Ranges & Rocky mts + Columbia & Colorado Plateaus, Great Basin Eastern mts & lowlands Appalachian Mts, Canadian Shield Gulf Coastal Plain, Atlantic Coastal Plain Interior landforms Great Plains Islands Hawaii, Vancouver, Maritimes, Alaska, Arctic, Manhattan Pacific Ranges= Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Coast Range, Alaska Range

3 Inland Water Resources
Rocky Mt. Rivers Columbia, Colorado, Rio Grande, Mackenzie Eastern Rivers St. Lawrence Important cities developed on rivers + Mississippi River Basin Drains 31 states & 2 provinces Includes Missouri and Ohio as tributaries Lakes Formed by glaciers Great Lakes, Great Slave and Great Bear Montreal, Quebec, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC

4 Natural Resources Fossil fuels Minerals Timber Coastal Waters
Oil, coal, natural gas Minerals Gold, silver, copper, iron ore, nickel, potash, bauxite Timber Conservation v. economics Coastal Waters fishing

5 Climate Regions + Tropical Highland Polar Arid Savanna = S. Florida
Tundra = Arctic areas of Alaska & Canada Subarctic = Alaska & Canada Tropical Savanna = S. Florida Rain forest = Hawaii Arid Steppe = Great Basin & western Great Plains Desert = Great Basin & SW US Highland Rocky Mts. Pacific Ranges Tundra – lichens, short grasses, mosses; Subarctic – Coniferous forests; Steppe – grasses; Desert – scrub; Highland – trees by elevation

6 Climate Regions + Mid-Latitude Mid-Latitude
Marine West Coast = Pacific Coast from Northern California to Southern Alaska Mediterranean = Southern California to the San Francisco Bay area Humid continental = Eastern Great Plains, Great Lakes, East Coast and Maritimes Humid subtropical = Southeastern United States into Texas Marine – forests, ferns, mosses; Mediterranean- chaparral; Continental – grasses, mixed forest

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