Geographical Features of the United States

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Geographical Features of the United States
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Atlantic Coastal Plain

• The Atlantic Coastal Plain is a lowland in North
  America that stretches along the Atlantic coast
  of the United States from New York to the tip of
  the Florida Peninsula.

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The Great Plains

• The Great Plains is a vast prairie region
  extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and
  Manitoba in Canada south through the west central
  United States into Texas formerly inhabited by
  Native Americans.

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The Continental Divide

• The Continental Divide is a series of mountain
  ridges extending from Alaska to Mexico that forms
  the watershed of North America. Most of it runs
  along peaks of the Rocky Mountains and is often
  called the Great Divide in the United States.

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The Continental Divide
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Great Basin

• The Great Basin is an arid region in the western
  US between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky
  Mountains that includes most of Nevada and parts
  of the adjacent states (Utah, California, Idaho,
  Wyoming, and Oregon).

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Great Basin
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Death Valley

• Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern
  California and Western Nevada. It is the lowest,
  hottest, and driest area of the United States.

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Death Valley
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Gulf of Mexico

• The Gulf of Mexico is an arm of the Atlantic to
  the south of the United States and to the east of
  Mexico.

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St. Lawrence River

• The St. Lawrence River is a North American river
  which flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and
  the North Atlantic.

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St. Lawrence River
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The Great Lakes

• The Great Lakes are a group of five freshwater
  lakes of central North America between the United
  States and Canada, including Lakes Superior,
  Huron, Erie, Ontario, and Michigan. French
  traders first sighted the lakes in the early 17th
  century. Today the Great Lakes connect Midwestern
  ports with the Atlantic Ocean via the St.
  Lawrence Seaway.

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New York City

• New York City is the largest city in New York
  State and in the United States. It is located in
  southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson
  river. It is a major financial and cultural
  center.

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New York City
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Boston, Massachusetts
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Boston, Massachusetts

• Boston is the capital and largest city of
  Massachusetts, in the eastern part of the state
  on Boston Bay, an arm of Massachusetts Bay.

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Erie Canal

• The Erie Canal is an artificial waterway
  extending about 360 miles across central New York
  from Albany to Buffalo. Constructed from 1817 to
  1825 and enlarged numerous times after 1835. It
  is now part of the New York State Barge Canal.

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The Erie Canal
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania.
  It is located in the southeastern part of the
  state on the Delaware river. It is site of
  Independence Hall where the Declaration of
  Independence and the Constitution were signed.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania