PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES OF THE UNITED STATES Compiled by Lindley Hanson, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College

Introduction Western Mobile Belts and adjacent Plateaus: Western Cordillera Pacific Border Province Colorado Plateau Sierra-Cascade Range Basin and Range Columbia Plateau and Snake River Plain Rocky Mountains Region Northern Rockies Wyoming Basin Middle Rockies Southern Rockies Eastern Mobile Belts and Plateaus (Appalachian Highlands and adjacent regions) Appalachian Plateau Blue Ridge Ouachita Province Ozark Plateau Piedmont Valley and Ridge Saint Lawrence Valley New England Stable Craton Shield Areas   Adirondacks Superior Uplands Platforms, Interior Plains and Plateaus Interior Low Plateaus Great Plains Central Lowlands Atlantic Passive Margin Atlantic Coastal Plain Atlantic Continental Shelf

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