Geography of the United States Geography of the United States The ACF River Basin refers to the watershed of the Apalachicola/ Chattahoochee/ Flint River Basin, in the USA, which begins in northern Georgia and flows into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola Bay, near Apalachicola, Florida. ...more on Wikipedia about "ACF River Basin"
The Appalachian Plateau is the western part of the Appalachian mountain system, stretching from New York to Alabama. The sedimentary rock that underlies the region eroded to form broad-topped plateaus and deep, narrow valleys. It resembles the adjacent Ridge and Valley region except that its plateaus are broader. The southern portion is called the Cumberland Plateau, and the northern, the Allegheny Plateau. The mountains in the region are less than 5,000 feet high. ...more on Wikipedia about "Appalachian Plateau"
A bayou (pronounced or ) is a small, slow-moving stream or creek. Bayous are usually located in low-lying areas, for example in the Mississippi River delta region of the southern United States. Many bayous are the home of crawfish, certain species of shrimp, other shellfish and catfish. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bayou"
The Beaufort Sea is a large body of water north of The Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska and west of Canada's arctic islands that is a part of the Arctic Ocean. Its northwestern boundary is defined by a line connecting Point Barrow, Alaska, and Lands End Prince Patrick Island. It is about 450 thousand square kilometers in area. The sea is named after British hydrographer Sir Francis Beaufort. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beaufort Sea"
Bligh Reef is a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This was the location of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Named after William Bligh, of future HMAV Bounty fame, who served as Master aboard ship during James Cook's 3rd world voyage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bligh Reef"
Boundary Bay is situated on the Pacific coast of North America on the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boundary Bay"
The Boundary Waters is a region of wilderness and semi-wilderness lakes, rivers, and forests straddling the border between Minnesota ( USA) and Ontario, Canada. The Boundary Waters is often used within the U.S. to refer to the wilderness area protecting its southern extent, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. This region is part of the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota, and in Canada it includes La Verendrye and Quetico Provincial Parks in Ontario. Voyageurs National Park (USA) may also be considered part of the Boundary Waters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boundary Waters" Tell your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
The Carolinian forest is a life zone in eastern North America characterized primarily by a predominance of deciduous, or broad-leaf trees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolinian forest"
The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateaus Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. The province covers an area of 130,000 square miles (337,000 km²) within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southeastern Utah, and northern Arizona. About 90% of the area is drained by the Colorado River and its main tributaries; the Green, San Juan and Little Colorado. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colorado Plateau"
The Columbia Basin is the large area of Canada and the United States that is drained by the Columbia River. ...more on Wikipedia about "Columbia Basin"
The Coulee Region, as it is colloquially known (officially designated the Driftless Area by the USGS and popularly referred to as the Driftless Zone, or Driftless Region since the 1980s) is an area of about 20,000 square miles in western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa, southeastern Minnesota, and extreme northwestern Illinois, which was by-passed by the last continental glaciers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coulee Region"
The Dixon Entrance is a strait about 80 km (50 miles) long and wide in the Pacific Ocean at the International Boundary between the United States ( Alaska) and Canada. The northern and southern islands of Haida Gwaii which are the continuously occupied homelands of the Haida Indigenous Peoples lie on either side of the Strait. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dixon Entrance"
This is a list of extreme points of New England, which are points that extend farther north, south, east or west than any other part of New England. There is also the highest, lowest point and the geographic center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extreme points of New England"
This is a list of the extreme points of the United States, the points that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extreme points of the United States"
Extreme points are portions of a region which are further north, south, east, or west than any other. This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extreme points of U.S. states"
Federal lands are lands for which ownership is claimed by the Federal Government. In the United States, these include national parks, military bases, and the District of Columbia. The U.S. Constitution gives the federal government complete control over the use and disposition of federal lands, even though they may be located within a state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Federal lands"
The Four Corners is a region in the western United States located near the common border of four states: in clockwise order from the northwest, these are Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. This is the only place where four U.S. states come together at one point. Their intersection in in the middle of a large Navajo reservation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Four Corners (United States)"
The General Land Office, a former agency of the United States government, was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the United States Department of the Treasury relating to the public domain. It surveyed and sold the public domain in the West and administered the Homestead Act and the Preemption Act. It later became part of the Department of the Interior. From 1900, it focused on conservation. On July 16, 1946, it was merged with the Grazing Service, established in 1934, to become the Bureau of Land Management, an agency of the Interior Department. An early commissioner was John McLean, later associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. ...more on Wikipedia about "General Land Office"
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geographic Names Information System"
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For purposes of description, the physical geography of the United States is split into several major physiographic divisions, one being the Pacific Mountain System. Please refer to the Geography of the United States for the other areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of the United States Pacific Mountain System"
The Geography of the Western United States is split into three major physiographic divisions: ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of the Western United States"
Among the locations known as The Great Valley is one in the eastern United States of America, lying behind the first ridge of mountains (the Blue Ridge) extending from New York to Georgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Great Valley"
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