Physiographic regions

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Across
  1. 4. has several diverse biomes from the Appalachian Mountains stretching from Maine to Georgia to the biologically diverse Everglades in Florida and the entire Atlantic coastal plain.
  2. 5. large relatively flat plateau stretching across Canada. Much of the region is rocky with many lakes.
  3. 6. primarily characterized by a series of mountain ranges. From the Rocky Mountains, the continent’s largest mountain chain, stretching from New Mexico in the United States up to British Columbia in Canada.
  4. 7. large naturally occurring community of plants and animals with a relatively uniform climate across the habitat region
Down
  1. 1. looks at the physical features of the region which could include mountains, rivers, and flat plains, but also takes into account climate and biomes as they interact with the physical features in the region.
  2. 2. oldest mountain chain on the continent
  3. 3. Located in the middle of the continent, it is characterized by vast oceans of grass and prairie that were formed as glaciers scraped across the continent 18,000 years ago.