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Good morning!!1.Sit down!!!
2. Take out a piece of paper
3. Wait quietly for CNN student news to start
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Physical Geography
of North America
WRITE WHAT IS
UNDERLINED!!
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• Size of Texas, California and Montana combined!• More coastline than all other coastal states combined!
Alaska!
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• All major landforms are found in the U.S. and Canada, and they share the same landform regions
• North America is abundant in resources; this allowed for both countries to develop into global economic superpowers
U.S. and Canada
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• Flat coastal plain that runs along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
• Many harbors located here
The Eastern Lowlands
• The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf
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The Eastern Lowlands• The Piedmont contains rolling hills and many
fast flowing rivers and streams
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The Appalachian Highlands• Contains the Appalachian Mountains• Runs along eastern side of North America
– Chain runs north to south– 1,600 miles from Newfoundland in Canada to Alabama– 400 million years old!
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The Appalachian
Trail2,160 miles! This was taken on the
trail!
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The Interior Lowlands• The interior part of North America
– Interior Plains– Great Plains– Canadian Shield
• Great Plains– Mostly flatland– 4,000 ft above sea level
• Lowlands, rolling hills, thousands of lakes and rivers, and some of the world’s most fertile soil
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Canadian Shield• Rocky & flat• Covers 2 million sq.
miles around Hudson Bay
Taiga!
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The Western Mountains, Plateaus, & Basins
• The Great Basin Desert is the United States’ largest desert
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Grand Canyonsteep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of Arizona
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The Western Mountains, Plateaus, & Basins
• Rocky Mountains are west of the Great Plains
• Western Mountain chain– The Rockies are relatively young…80 million
years young!– 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico
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• The Rocky Mountains make up the Continental Divide which is the highest points in the Rockies that mark the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward.
Canadian RockiesBerg Lake
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Flows into Atlantic Ocean
Flows intoPacific Ocean
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Canadian RockiesThe Ramparts
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Canadian RockiesKicking Horse Mountain Resort
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Mt. McKinley—Highest peak in North America
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The Islands• Canada’s northernmost islands are in the Arctic
Circle
• Greenland is N. A.’s largest island
• Hawaiian Islands are not part of North America!
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Don’t forget about the
water!
8 of the world’s 15 largest lakes are found here!
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Great Lakes • Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, & Superior (H.O.M.E.S.)
• Source of transportation, hydroelectric power, irrigation, fresh water, & fisheries
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Mississippi River • 3rd longest river in
the world• Major shipping
resource• Connects to 2
tributaries which are major rivers Ohio & Missouri
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Mississippi River
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Lake Itasca
Origin of Mississippi River in Minnesota
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Mackenzie River • Longest river in
Canada
• Flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean
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United States• Desert
• Mediterranean
• Humid subtropical (GA!)
• Tropical Wet and Dry
• Icecap Canada
•Semi-arid •Marine West Coast•Humid Continental •Highlands •Sub-arctic (Alaska)•Tundra (Alaska)
BOTH
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Extreme Weather • Ice Storms
• Snow Storms
• Tornadoes Tornado Alley
• Hurricanes
• Santa Anna Winds fires
• Dust Storms Dust Bowl of 1930’s