United States and Canada

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United States and Canada

• Physical Geography

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The Appalachian Highlands

• Appalachian Mountains run 1,600 miles from
  Newfoundland to Alabama
• include Green and Catskill mountains in the north
• Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains in the south
  
• More than 400 million years old
• Erosion has created gentle slopes, peaks from
  1,2002,400 feet
• The Appalachian Trail is a scenic hiking path
  along the chain

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Appalachian Trail
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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 Shieldvast, flat area around Hudson Bay
  

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The Great Plains
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Canadian Shield
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Canadian Shield
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The Western Mountains, Plateaus, and Basins

• Rocky Mountains run 3,000 miles from Alaska to
  New Mexico
• Relatively young 80 million years old
• Less erosion means rugged, 12,000-foot,
  snow-covered peaks
• Continental Dividethe line of highest points
  along the Rockies
• separates rivers that flow eastward from those
  that flow westward

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Canadian Rockies
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Oceans and Waterways

• U.S. and Canada are bounded by
• Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic oceans
• Gulf of Mexico
• Countries have many large, inland rivers and
  lakes that provide
• transportation, hydroelectric power, irrigation,
  fresh water, fisheries

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Oceans and Waterways

• Great Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and
  Superior
• Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio river system
  continents longest, busiest
• Mackenzie River longest in Canada, crosses
  Northwest Territories

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The Great Lakes
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Lake Michigan
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Lake Michigan
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Mississippi River Delta
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Resources

• Land and Forests
• Fertile soil helps make North America worlds
  leading food exporter
• Large forests yield lumber and other products
• Minerals and Fossil Fuels
• Mineral quantity and variety make rapid
  industrialization possible
• Canadian Shield iron ore, nickel, copper, gold,
  uranium
• Appalachians, Great Plains coal
• Gulf of Mexico oil, natural gas
• U.S. biggest energy consumer gets most of
  Canadas energy exports

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