The 8 Regions of the United States

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  1. 3. Located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains. Made up of flat grasslands that gradually increase in elevation westward, stretching from Montana to Texas.
  2. 6. Made up of rugged mountains and fertile valleys. Includes the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains.
  3. 8. Located west of the Coastal Plain, extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama, including Piedmont. Made up of old, eroded mountains, including the oldest mountain range in North America.
Down
  1. 1. Located along the Atlantic Ocean & Gulf of Mexico. Made up of broad lowlands, providing many excellent harbors.
  2. 2. Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains, extending from Minnesota from the north and Kentucky from the east. Made up of rolling flatlands and many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills.
  3. 4. Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range. Made up of high, rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico and containing the Continental Divide, which determines which direction rivers flow.
  4. 5. Located around the Hudson Bay, wrapped in a horseshoe shape. Made up of hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers.
  5. 7. Made up of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, which is in eastern California and is the lowest point in North America.