North American Physical Geography

Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific Oceans

Oceans that surround North America

Hudson Bay and Gulf of Mexico

smaller bodies of water

Canadian Archipelago

lies in between the Hudson Bay and Greenland

Aluetian Islands

stretch from Alaska across the pacific ocean

Applation Mountains

extend 1,500 miles from Eastern Canada to Northern Alabama in the U.S. and the oldest range in NA.

Rocky Mountains

stretch 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico.

Alaskan Range

in southern alaska includes denali (Mt. Mckinley)

Coastal Range

runs from British Columbia to California. In between the Appalachians and the Atlantic.

Cascade Range

runs from Washington, Oregon, the Sierra Nevada Range, between California, Nevada, are further inland.

Colombian Plateau , the Colorado Plateau, and Basin and Range.

Between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast Range.

Death Valley

the lowest point in NA at 282 ft below sea level.

Great Plains

east of the rockies, a huge swath mostly flat arid grassland and prairie. They extend from Southern Texas to Canada.

Interior Lowlands

an area of rolling hills, forests grassland, and river valleys.

Canadian Shields

a giant core of ancient rock centered around Hudson Bay. Some parts are 4 billion years old.

Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario.

border 8 states and one Canadian Province.

St. Lawrence River

the lakes are connected by this to the Atlantic Ocean.

Mississippi River System

drains snowmelt and rainwater from over half of the continent between the Rockies and Appalachians.

Mackenzie River System

the second largest river system in NA. flows into the Arctic Ocean and includes several different lakes.

Colombia- Snake River System

drains the Colombian Plateau.

Colorado River System

drains the Colorado Plateau.

Divides

areas of high elevation that determine which way the water will flow.

Fossil Fuels

found throughout the continent