ANGLO-AMERICAPhysical Environment

Landform Regions

Western mts & plateaus Pacific Ranges & Rocky

mts + Columbia & Colorado

Plateaus, Great Basin

Eastern mts & lowlands Appalachian Mts,

Canadian Shield Gulf Coastal Plain,

Atlantic Coastal Plain

Interior landforms Great Plains

Islands Hawaii, Vancouver,

Maritimes, Alaska, Arctic, Manhattan

Inland Water Resources

Rocky Mt. Rivers Columbia,

Colorado, Rio Grande, Mackenzie

Eastern Rivers St. Lawrence Important cities

developed on rivers +

Mississippi River Basin Drains 31 states & 2

provinces Includes Missouri and

Ohio as tributaries

Lakes Formed by glaciers Great Lakes, Great

Slave and Great Bear

Natural Resources

Fossil fuels Oil, coal, natural gas

Minerals Gold, silver, copper,

iron ore, nickel, potash, bauxite

Timber Conservation v.

economics Coastal Waters

fishing

Climate Regions +

Polar Tundra = Arctic areas

of Alaska & Canada Subarctic = Alaska &

Canada

Tropical Savanna = S.

Florida Rain forest =

Hawaii

Arid Steppe = Great Basin

& western Great Plains Desert = Great Basin

& SW US

Highland Rocky Mts. Pacific Ranges

Climate Regions +

MID-LATITUDE MID-LATITUDE

Marine West Coast = Pacific Coast from Northern California to Southern Alaska

Mediterranean = Southern California to the San Francisco Bay area

Humid continental = Eastern Great Plains, Great Lakes, East Coast and Maritimes

Humid subtropical = Southeastern United States into Texas