Untitled Flashcard Set

Northeastern Region

  • Connecticut River — Western New England (runs through central Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and Vermont/New Hampshire border)

  • Boston — Eastern Massachusetts, along the northeast Atlantic coast

  • St. Lawrence River — Northern New York and southeastern Canada border

  • Cape Cod — Southeastern Massachusetts, Atlantic coastline

  • Providence — Northern Rhode Island, near Narragansett Bay

  • Lake Champlain — Northern New York / western Vermont border

  • Mount Washington — Northern New Hampshire (White Mountains)

  • Adirondack Mountains — Northeastern New York

  • Acadia National Park — Coastal Maine (Mount Desert Island)

Mid-Atlantic Region

  • Long Island — Southeastern New York, east of New York City

  • New York City — Southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River

  • Baltimore — Central Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay

  • Washington, D.C. — Southern Mid-Atlantic, between Maryland and Virginia

  • Delaware River — Eastern Pennsylvania / Western New Jersey border

  • Hudson River — Eastern New York, runs from Adirondacks to New York City

  • Pittsburgh — Southwestern Pennsylvania, at confluence of three rivers

  • Philadelphia — Southeastern Pennsylvania, along Delaware River

  • Lake Ontario — Northern New York (border with Canada)

  • Potomac River — Maryland–Virginia border (flows through D.C.)

  • Chesapeake Bay — Eastern Maryland / Virginia coast

  • Atlantic Ocean — Eastern seaboard, borders all coastal states in this region

Southeastern Region

  • Appalachian Mountains — Stretch through Western Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama

  • Mississippi River — Runs along western borders of states from Minnesota to Louisiana (central spine of the Southeast)

  • Tennessee River — Northern Alabama / Tennessee Valley region

  • Lake Okeechobee — Southern Florida (central peninsula)

  • Richmond — Central Virginia

  • Charleston — Southeastern South Carolina, on the Atlantic coast

  • Atlanta — Northern Georgia

  • Miami — Southeastern Florida (Atlantic coast)

  • Memphis — Southwestern Tennessee, on the Mississippi River

  • Savannah — Eastern Georgia, on the Atlantic coast

  • Birmingham — Central Alabama

  • Florida Keys — Southernmost Florida (chain of islands into the Gulf)

  • Everglades National Park — Southern Florida wetlands

  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park — Eastern Tennessee / Western North Carolina border

  • Cuba — Caribbean island south of Florida

  • Bahamas — Atlantic islands southeast of Florida

North Central Region

  • Lake Superior — Northern Minnesota / Upper Michigan / Wisconsin border

  • Lake Huron — Eastern Michigan

  • Lake Michigan — Western Michigan / Eastern Wisconsin / Northeastern Illinois

  • Lake Erie — Northern Ohio / Pennsylvania / Western New York

  • Ohio River — Southern border of Ohio / northern Kentucky / southern Indiana

  • Missouri River — Central Plains, flows through Montana → Dakotas → Missouri

  • Chicago — Northeastern Illinois, on Lake Michigan

  • Detroit — Southeastern Michigan, near Lake Erie

  • St. Louis — Eastern Missouri, on the Mississippi River

  • Great Plains — Western portion of the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas Panhandle

  • Black Hills — Western South Dakota / Northeastern Wyoming

  • Mount Rushmore — Southwestern South Dakota, in the Black Hills

South Central Region

  • Gulf of Mexico — Southern coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

  • New Orleans — Southeastern Louisiana, near the Gulf of Mexico

  • Rio Grande — Southern Texas border with Mexico

  • Dallas — North-central Texas

  • Houston — Southeastern Texas, near the Gulf coast

  • San Antonio — South-central Texas

  • Arkansas River — Flows from Colorado → Kansas → Oklahoma → Arkansas

Rocky Mountain Region

  • Rocky Mountains — Western Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, northern New Mexico

  • Great Salt Lake — Northern Utah

  • Colorado River — Southwestern U.S., through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California

  • Snake River — Southern Idaho / eastern Washington

  • Santa Fe — Northern New Mexico

  • Phoenix — Central Arizona

  • Salt Lake City — Northern Utah

  • Denver — Central Colorado, east of the Rockies

  • Great Basin — Western Utah / Nevada / eastern California

  • Las Vegas — Southern Nevada

  • Yellowstone National Park — Northwestern Wyoming / parts of Montana and Idaho

  • Grand Canyon National Park — Northern Arizona

  • Pikes Peak — Central Colorado (near Colorado Springs)

  • Hoover Dam — Nevada–Arizona border

Pacific Coast Region

  • Sierra Nevada — Eastern California / Western Nevada

  • Cascade Range — Northern California → Oregon → Washington

  • Columbia River — Forms much of Oregon–Washington border

  • San Francisco — Northern California coast

  • Los Angeles — Southern California coast

  • Portland — Northern Oregon

  • Sacramento — Central California (inland)

  • Bering Strait — Northwestern Alaska, between U.S. and Russia

  • Yukon River — Flows across central Alaska

  • Aleutian Islands — Southwestern Alaska archipelago

  • Mojave Desert — Southeastern California / southern Nevada

  • Pacific Ocean — Entire western coastline of the U.S.

  • Pearl Harbor — Southern Oahu, Hawaii

  • San Joaquin Valley — Central California

  • Yosemite National Park — Central eastern California (Sierra Nevada)

  • Denali / Mount McKinley — Central Alaska

  • Mauna Kea — Hawaii’s Big Island

  • Death Valley — Eastern California / near Nevada border