United States physiographic region
The list of continental United States Physiographic regions identifies the 8 regions, 25 provinces, and 85 sections.[1] The system dates to Nevin Fenneman's paper Physiographic Subdivision of the United States, published in 1917.[2] Fenneman expanded and presented his system more fully in two books, Physiography of western United States (1931),[3] and Physiography of eastern United States (1938).[4] In these works Fenneman described 25 provinces and 85 sections of the United States physiography.[5]
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[edit] Laurentian Upland
[edit] Atlantic Plain
2. Continental Shelf (not on map)
- 3a. Embayed section
- 3b. Sea Island section
- 3c. Floridian section
- 3d. East Gulf Coastal Plain
- 3e. Mississippi Alluvial Plain
- 3f. West Gulf Coastal Plain
[edit] Appalachian Highlands
4. Piedmont province
- 4a. Piedmont Upland
- 4b. Piedmont Lowlands
5. Blue Ridge province
- 5a. Northern section
- 5b. Southern section
6. Valley and Ridge province
- 6a. Tennessee section
- 6b. Middle section
- 6c. Hudson Valley
- 7a. Champlain section
- 7b. Northern section (not on map)
8. Appalachian Plateaus province
- 8a. Mohawk section
- 8b. Catskill section
- 8c. Southern New York section
- 8d. Allegheny Plateau section
- 8e. Kanawha section
- 8f. Cumberland Plateau section
- 8g. Cumberland Mountain section
9. New England Province
- 9a. Seaboard Lowland section
- 9b. New England Upland section
- 9c. White Mountain section
- 9d. Green Mountain section
- 9e. Taconic section
10. Adirondack province
[edit] Interior Plains
| Interior Plains |
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[edit] Interior Highlands
| Interior Highlands |
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[edit] Rocky Mountain System
| Rocky Mountain System |
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[edit] Intermontane Plateaus
20. Columbia Plateau
- 20a. Walla Walla Plateau
- 20b. Blue Mountain section
- 20c. Payette section
- 20d. Snake River Plain
- 20e. Harney section
- 21a. High Plateaus of Utah
- 21b. Uinta Basin
- 21c. Canyon Lands
- 21d. Navajo section
- 21e. Grand Canyon section
- 21f. Datil section
22. Basin and Range province
- 22a. Great Basin section
- 22b. Sonoran Desert
- 22c. Salton Trough
- 22d. Mexican Highland
- 22e. Sacramento section
[edit] Pacific Mountains System
| region | province | section |
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| Pacific Mountains | 23. Cascade-Sierra Mountains | 23a. Northern Cascade Mountains |
| 23b. Middle Cascade Mountains | ||
| 23c. Southern Cascade Mountains | ||
| 23d. Sierra Nevada | ||
| 24. Pacific Border province | 24a. Puget Trough | |
| 24b. Olympic Mountains | ||
| 24c. Oregon Coast Range | ||
| 24d. Klamath Mountains | ||
| 24e. California Trough | ||
| 24f. California Coast Ranges | ||
| 24g. "Los Angeles Ranges—(Transverse Ranges)" | ||
| 25. Lower California province—(Peninsular Ranges) |
[edit] References
- ^ "Physiographic Regions". United States Geological Survey. 2003-04-17. http://tapestry.usgs.gov/physiogr/physio.html. Retrieved 2008-01-30.
- ^ Fenneman, Nevin M. (January 1917). "Physiographic Subdivision of the United States". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 3 (1): 17–22. OCLC 43473694. PMC 1091163. PMID 16586678. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1091163. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ Fenneman, Nevin Melancthon (1931). Physiography of western United States. McGraw-Hill. OCLC 487636.
- ^ Fenneman, Nevin Melancthon (1938). Physiography of eastern United States. McGraw-Hill. OCLC 487628.
- ^ "Automated IFSAR Terrain Analysis System". Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD), Information Sciences Office. 31 August 2001. http://www.agc.army.mil/publications/ifsar/lafinal08_01/cover/cover_frame.htm. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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