What region has lakes carved by glaciers?
Most glacial lakes present today can be found in Asia, Europe, and North America. The area which will see the greatest increase in lake formation is the Southern Tibetan Plateau region from debris covered glaciers.
What is wrapped around the Hudson Bay?
Canadian Shield. – Wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a. horseshoe shape. – Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of. lakes carved by glaciers.
Which physical feature is horseshoe shaped and contains lakes carved by glaciers?
US 1.2 Geography Flashcards
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Location of the Canadian Shield region | Wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape |
| Physical characteristics of the Canadian Shield region | Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers; Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America |
What US geographic region is along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico with broad lowland and many excellent harbors?
Coastal Plain region
What are the 8 regions of the United States?
The Bureau of Economic Analysis goes with this eight-region map of the US. Its regions are New England, the Mideast, the Southeast, the Great Lakes, the Plains, the Southwest, the Rocky Mountains, and the Far West.
Which geographic region contains the Continental Divide?
This divide runs from Cape Prince of Wales in western Alaska, through the Rocky Mountains of western Canada and the continental United States, then through the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains in Mexico, through Central America and along the Andes Mountains of South America.
Is the continental divide a physical or artificial boundary?
A continental divide is a naturally occurring boundary or ridge separating a continent’s river systems. Each river system feeds into a distinct ocean basin, bay, or sea.
What is the continental divide and what is its purpose?
Continental divides separate one drainage basin from another. They are used to define the direction that an area’s rivers flow and drain into the oceans and seas. The best-known continental divide is in North America and it runs along the Rocky and Andes mountain ranges.
Is the continental divide a physical or human boundary and why?
A continental divide is seen as any natural (not man-man) boundary separating precipitation which in this case includes rivers, rainfall, snowfall, etc that flows into two oceans. In other words this is like a barrier that prevents rivers, etc on one side from flowing into oceans and seas on the other side.
What is the highest point of the Continental Divide?
4,352 m
Do any rivers cross the Continental Divide?
Both the Chagres and Gatun rivers flow into Gatun Lake, which empties to both oceans. Several small lakes along the Divide in the Rocky Mountains between Alberta and British Columbia flow into both provinces and thus into both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What’s the biggest drainage basin in the USA?
the Mississippi River
What are 5 major drainage areas in North America?
The basins are the Atlantic Seaboard basin, the Gulf of Mexico basin, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin, the Pacific basin, the Arctic basin, the Hudson Bay basin, and the Great Basin. Together, the principal basins span the continent with the exception of numerous smaller endorheic basins.
Which river has the largest basin in world?
The Amazon River
What three oceans do the five major drainage areas in North America?
The map shows the major North American drainage basins, or wateresheds, which drain into the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson Bay, the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the gulf of Mexico and teh Caribbean Sea. Each watershed is shown in its own colour, with subdivisions shown in tonal variations.
What is the largest natural watershed in Canada?
The Hudson Bay watershed is the largest ocean watershed in Canada (3.8 million km2 ) and extends over five Canadian provinces from Alberta to Quebec, and also over the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
What is the largest natural watershed in North America called?
Mississippi River watershed
What is the largest watershed in Virginia?
the Chesapeake Bay watershed
What are the 3 major watershed systems in Virginia?
The three major regional watershed systems in Virginia lead either to the Chesapeake Bay, the North Carolina sounds, or the Gulf of Mexico.
What are the 4 major watersheds in Virginia?
Virginia has 4 major river systems that flow into the Chesapeake Bay and then toward the Atlantic Ocean. They are, from north to south: the Potomac-Shenandoah River system, the Rappahannock River, the York River, and the James River.