US Regions (location)
Region that is located along the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Coastal Plain
river that was explored by Lewis and Clark; provides more hydropower than any other North American river
What is the Columbia River?
River that forms the border with Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river; a branch of a river
What is a tributary?
region that has the oldest mountain range in North America
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range
What is the Rocky Mountains?
US river that is used to transport farm products; flows into the Gulf of Mexico
What is the Mississippi River?
Ocean that was an early exploration destination; located off the west coast of the US
What is the Pacific Ocean?
part of a large body of water that extends into the shoreline and is generally larger that a bay
What is a gulf?
broad, lowland area providing many excellent harbors and long, sandy beaches
What is the Coastal Plain?
located along the Pacific Ocan from California to Canada
What is the Coastal Range?
river that was explored by the Spanish; carved the Grand Canyon
What is the Colorado River?
river that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
What is the St Lawrence river?
geographic features are related to patterns of
What is trade?
land of varying elevations, with isolated mountain ranges and contains Death Vally
What is the Basin and Range?
located west of the Coastal Plain and extending from eastern Canada to Western Alabama
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
the longest river in the US; used to transport products
What is the Missouri River?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
geographic features are related to locations of __ and __
What are cities and towns?
Region that has grassy hills, rolling flatlands with many rivers and broad river valleys
What is the Interior Lowlands?
Region west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains
What is the Interior Lowlands?
river that is called the gateway to the west
What is the Ohio River?
inland cities grew in the Midwest along these freshwater bodies of water
What are the Great Lakes?
geographic features are related to what two industries
What are agriculture and fishing?
region that has flat land that gradually increases in elevation
What is the Great Plains?