United States physiographic region
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There are eight distinct U. S. physiographic regions within the continental United States. Each is composed of smaller physiographic subdivisions.
Missing image US_physiographic_regions_map.jpg Continental U.S physiographic regions (image courtesy of the USGS). |
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These eight regions are:
- Laurentian Highlands (area labeled 1)
- Atlantic Plain (2 and 3)
- Appalachian Highlands (4-10)
- Interior Plains (11-13)
- Interior Highlands (14 and 15)
- Rocky Mountain System (16-19)
- Intermontane Plateaus (20-22)
- Pacific Mountain System (23-25)
See Physical geography of the U.S. for descriptions.
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[edit] Laurentian Highlands[edit] Atlantic Plain2. Continental Shelf (not on map) 3. Coastal Plain
[edit] Appalachian Highlands4. Piedmont province
5. Blue Ridge province
6. Valley and Ridge province
8. Appalachian Plateaus province
9. New England Province
10. Adirondack province [edit] Interior Plains
12. Central Lowland
13. Great Plains province
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[edit] Interior Highlands14. Ozark Plateaus
15. Ouachita province
[edit] Rocky Mountain System16. Southern Rocky Mountains 17. Wyoming Basin 18. Middle Rocky Mountains 19. Northern Rocky Mountains [edit] Intermontane Plateaus20. Columbia Plateau
22. Basin and Range province
[edit] Pacific Mountain System23. Cascade-Sierra Mountains
24. Pacific Border province
25. Lower California province |
