Greatbritannia Blog

The Northeast

• CLIMATE: humid continental
• GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
  • Appalachian Mts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Great Lakes: Ontario, Erie
  • Rivers: Hudson, (St. Lawrence, Susquehanna)

The Southeast

• CLIMATE: humid subtropical
• hurricanes arrive in the fall along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts
• GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
  • Appalachian Mts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Rivers: Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Red
  • Lake Okeechobee

The Midwest

• CLIMATE: humid continental (snow in the winter in the north)
• GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
  • Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron)
  • Great Plains
  • Rivers: Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Platte
  • Ozark Plateau
  • Appalachian Plateau

The West

• CLIMATE: alpine in the mountains; Mediterranean in CA; desert in Nevada
• GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Sierra Nevada
  • Mohave Desert
  • Pacific Ocean (Hawaii!)
  • Rivers: Columbia, Colorado, Snake, Arkansas, Platte, Rio Grande
  • Great Salt Lake

The Southwest

• CLIMATE: Steppe; alpine; desert
• GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES:
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Grand Canyon
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Rivers: Colorado, Red, Rio Grande

Some maps to help you.