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Chapter - 4
The United States

By Babita Mukherjee
 Physical Features
United States of America has 50 States

1.There are 48 Contiguous (having a common boundary or edge)

States.
2.And 2 Not-Contiguous States ( Alaska –North West of Canada,
and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean)

Physical Features is Categories in 4 Parts

1.EAST
2.THEINTERIOR PLAINS
3.WEST
4.HAWAII AND ALASKA
 EAST
1. The Eastern united states rises from the costal: The Appalachian
Mountains (6,684 ft)
2. The Appalachian includes mountain ranges and river valleys
from Maine to Alabama
3. At the Foot of the Appalachian , between the mountains coastal
plains, is the piedmont (is a region of plains begins in New
Jersey and extends far south).
4. The Eastern united states is close to the sea level and it rises
gradually inland.
5. The coastal Plain stretches from New York to Mexico along the
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
 INTERIOR PLAINS
1. Vast Plains make up most of the united west of the Appalachians.
This region is called the Interior Plains
2. The Interior Plains stretch westward to the rocky mountains.
3. The Interior Plains has great lakes from west
a. Lake Superior
b. Lake Michigan
c. Lake Huro-Erie
d. Lake Ontario
4. The Mississippi river and its tributaries ( a stream or river that flows

into a larger stream) drain the interior

a. Missouri River
b. Ohio River
5. The Flattest part of the Interior Plains is the Great plains regions and
it extends from Mexico in the south into Canada in the North
 WEST
1. The series of mountain ranges separated from high plains and
valleys and is extended from Mexico to the cold Arctic.

2. Running along the crest of the Rockies is the Continental

Divide.
a. Missouri flows eastwards
b. Columbia flows westwards

3. West of the Rocky is the region of plateau and basin (region

surrounded by higher lands such as mountains)
Example – Nivada and Utah

4. South West of the basin is the Colorado Plateau ( Colorado

Plateau lies Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona)
 HAWAII and ALASKA
1. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by canoes that have risen
from the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
Example: Aleutian Islands.

2. Southeastern and south- central Alaska has the highest

mountain in North America.
Example : Mount McKinley (20,320 FT)
 Climate-1
United States has 11 types of climate
East

North East South East

•Humid Warm Continental Climate •Warm and Humid Summers

•Snowy Winters •Topical Savanna Climate

The Interior Plains

• Humid Sub-Tropical
• Steppe Climate
• Violent Weathers like Tornadoes, Drought and Blizzards
 Climate -2
WEST COAST

The Forested north has a A drier Mediterranean climate

wet and mild marine west is found in the south
coast climate

ALASKA HAWAII

Very Cold
Sub-Arctic and Tundra Drier Tropical Savanna Climate
Climate
Thank You