United States physiographic region Totally Explained

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There are eight distinct physiographic divisions within the continental United States. Each is composed of smaller physiographic areas called provinces and sections respectively.
These eight divisions are:

See Physical geography of the U.S. for descriptions.

Laurentian Upland

1. Superior Upland

Atlantic Plain

2. Continental Shelf (not on map)
   3. Coastal Plain ť 3a. Embayed section

   3b. Sea Island section ť 3c. Floridian section

   3d. East Gulf Coastal Plain ť 3e. Mississippi Alluvial Plain

   3f. West Gulf Coastal Plain

Appalachian Highlands

4. Piedmont province ť 4a. Piedmont Upland

   4b. Piedmont Lowlands
   5. Blue Ridge province ť 5a. Northern section

   5b. Southern section
   6. Valley and Ridge province ť 6a. Tennessee section

   6b. Middle section ť 6c. Hudson Valley

7. St. Lawrence Valley ť 7a. Champlain section

   7b. Northern section (not on map)
   8. Appalachian Plateaus province ť 8a. Mohawk section

   8b. Catskill section ť 8c. Southern New York section

   8d. Allegheny Plateau section ť 8e. Kanawha section

   8f. Cumberland Plateau section ť 8g. Cumberland Mountain section

9. New England Province ť 9a. Seaboard Lowland section

   9b. New England Upland section ť 9c. White Mountain section

   9d. Green Mountain section ť 9e. Taconic section

10. Adirondack province

Interior Plains

11. Interior Low Plateaus ť 11a. Highland Rim section

   11b. Lexington Plain ť 11c. Nashville Basin

12. Central Lowland ť 12a. Eastern Lake section

   12b. Western Lake section ť 12c. Wisconsin Driftless section

   12d. Till Plains ť 12e. Dissected Till Plains

   12f. Osage Plains
   13. Great Plains ť 13a. Missouri Plateau, glaciated

   13b. Missouri Plateau, unglaciated ť 13c. Black Hills

   13d. High Plains ť 13e. Plains Border

   13f. Colorado Piedmont ť 13g. Raton section

   13h. Pecos Valley ť 13i. Edwards Plateau

   13j. Central Texas section

Interior Highlands

14. Ozark Plateaus ť 14a. Springfield-Salem plateaus

14b. Boston Mountains 15. Ouachita province ť 15a. Arkansas Valley

15b. Ouachita Mountains

Rocky Mountain System

16. Southern Rocky Mountains 17. Wyoming Basin
18. Middle Rocky Mountains
19. Northern Rocky Mountains

Intermontane Plateaus

20. Columbia Plateau ť 20a. Walla Walla Plateau

   20b. Blue Mountain section ť 20c. Payette section

   20d. Snake River Plain ť 20e. Harney section

21. Colorado Plateaus ť 21a. High Plateaus of Utah

   21b. Uinta Basin ť 21c. Canyon Lands

   21d. Navajo section ť 21e. Grand Canyon section

   21f. Datil section
   22. Basin and Range province ť 22a. Great Basin

   22b. Sonoran Desert ť 22c. Salton Trough

   22d. Mexican Highland ť 22e. Sacramento section

Pacific Mountain System

23. Cascade-Sierra Mountains ť 23a. Northern Cascade Mountains

   23b. Middle Cascade Mountains ť 23c. Southern Cascade Mountains

   23d. Sierra Nevada
   24. Pacific Border province ť 24a. Puget Trough

   24b. Olympic Mountains ť 24c. Oregon Coast Range

   24d. Klamath Mountains ť 24e. California Trough

   24f. California Coast Ranges ť 24g. Los Angeles Ranges

25. Lower California province

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