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United States Geography

The eastern coast has more plains while the western coast is more mountainous.

The Grand Canyon is one of the famous tourism attractions of the west.

50 States

There are 50 states in total which is also featured as the stars in their national flag, including Alaska and Hawaii.

Population: 314,712,000

It is the 3rd most populous country in the world as of Oct 1, 2012

Capital: Washington, DC

Is the place of the white house, where the president lives with his family.

Was known previously as the District of Columbia.

Bird: Bald Eagle

The United States is broken into 5 major parts or regions.

What is a REGION? Places that have similar

characteristics that make them different from surrounding areas.

Compass Rose A compass rose helps

us give a name to the regions.

Let’s start

with a map

of the entire

United States of America…

The United States is broken into 5 regions

Northeast RegionMidwest RegionSoutheast RegionSouthwest RegionWest Region

5 Regions

Northeast Region

9 states - The New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont and the Mid-Atlantic states of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Midwest Region

12 states in the north-central and north-eastern United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located in the Badlands of North Dakota.

Mount Rushmore is famous for the carved president heads is located in South Dakota.

Also called the breadbasket of America, because of the plain grasslands

Southeast Region

States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Southwest Region

States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

West Region

States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

Time Zone of USA

Major Bodies of Water in the United States

Atlantic

Pacific

Oceans

Atlantic Served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and

immigrants. Located east of the United States.

Pacific An early exploration route. Located west of the United States.

Mississippi

Missouri

Ohio

Columbia

Colorado

Rio Grande

Rivers

Transportation artery for farm and industrial products. Links to ports and other parts of the world. Flows through the Interior Lowlands into the Gulf of Mexico. Part of the longest and most important river system.

Mississippi River

Transportation artery for farm and industrial products. Links to ports and other parts of the world. Flows through the Great Plains, the Interior Lowlands

into the Mississippi River. Part of the  longest and most important river system.

Missouri River

Ohio River

Was the Gateway to the west. Flows into the Mississippi River.

The Columbia River was explored by Lewis and Clark.

The Colorado River was explored by the Spanish.

The Rio Grande River forms the border with Mexico.

Grand Canyon

Huron

Ontario

Michigan

Erie

Superior

Lakes

There are five Great Lakes.

Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the Great Lakes.

Form part of the border between the United States and Canada.

Gulf of Mexico

Gulf

Provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of America.

Top 5 Waterfalls

Niagara Falls

Yosemite Falls

Lower Falls

Bridal Veil

Falls

Vernal Fall

and Nevada

Falls

The Atlantic ocean

served as the

highway for explorers,

early settlers, and later

immigrants.

The Pacific Ocean was an early

exploration route.

Thank You Presented By

PonnoviumAnne SufiaPandiarajan IM&ES Team