Natural Environments of North America

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Natural Environments of North America
CHAPTER 7

• Section 1 Physical Features
• Section 2 Climates and Biomes
• Section 3 Natural Resources

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Major landform regions of the United States and
Canada generally stretch from north to south.
Section 1 Physical Features

• From east to west
• _______________________
• piedmont
• _______________________
• interior plains
• __________________________________________________
  ___________________

• _______________________
• intermountain region
• Pacific Coast region
• Alaska and Hawaii

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SECTION 1
Physical Features
Landform Regions of North America
along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
long coastal plain, begins at sea level and
gradually rises
Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain
upland region at the foot of the Appalachians
Piedmont
Alabama to New Jersey
Appalachian Highlands
Alabama to Southeastern Canada
several ranges, valleys, and ridges low eroded
mountains
Interior Plains
between Appalachians and Rocky Mountains
rolling hills, many rivers and lakes, productive
soils
Interior Highlands
Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
old eroded highlands
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Bodies of water
Section 1 Physical Features

• Major river systems
• _______________________________________________
• _______________________________________________
• Mackenzie River system
• Western rivers Colorado, Columbia, Fraser, Yukon
• Major lakes
• _______________________________________________
• Northern Canada Athabasca, Great Slave, Great
  Bear

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Climates
Section 2 Climates and Biomes

• tropical wet and dry ____________________________
  _______________
• humid subtropicalmost of southeastern U.S.
• ___________________ northeastern U.S., southern
  and southeastern Canada
• semi-aridGreat Plains, parts of intermountain
  region
• highland _________________________________

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Climates (continued)
Section 2 Climates and Biomes

• ____________________ southeastern Alaska to
  northern California
• ____________________ southern and central
  California
• tropical humidparts of Hawaii
• tundrafar northern North America
• subarctic _________________________________

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SECTION 2
Climates and Biomes
Climate Types of North America
very tip of Florida, western Hawaii
tropical wet and dry
southeast United States
humid subtropical
northeastern United States and southeastern Canada
humid continental
semiarid
Great Plains, western mountains
areas east of Sierra Nevada and Cascades
arid
southern Alaska through northern California
marine west coast
southern and central California
Mediterranean
eastern Hawaii
tropical humid
across northern Alaska to Newfoundland and Quebec
tundra
northern Canada and Alaska
subarctic
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Biomes
Section 2 Climates and Biomes

• temperate forestsoutheastern U.S. and much of
  the U.S. and Canadian west
• semiarid and desertmuch of southwestern U.S.
• grassland __________________________
• boreal forestabout half of Canada and Alaska
• arctic tundranorthernmost region
• tropical ____________________________

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Farming, forest, and water resources
Section 3 Natural Resources

• Farming
• _______________________________________________
• abundant production of crops and livestock
• Forests
• _______________________________________________
• major U.S. forests in southeast and northwest
• Water
• plentiful supplies
• _______________________________________________
• _______________________________________________

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Energy resources are abundant in both the U.S.
and Canada.
Section 3 Natural Resources

• coal ___________________________________________
• oil and natural gasalso plentiful, but
  ____________
• _____________________________________________

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Mineral resources are abundant in both the U.S.
and Canada.
Section 3 Natural Resources

• Canada is rich in nickel, zinc, and
  uraniumespecially in the Canadian Shieldand
  also produces ____________________________________
  ______.
• U.S. has valuable deposits of iron, copper, lead,
  zinc, gold, and silver.

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SECTION 3
Natural Resources