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=== | === APPALACHIAN REGION === | ||
[[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]] | [[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]] | ||
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=== | === GREAT PLAINS REGION === | ||
[[File:Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|thumb|Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains|alt=Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|border|none]][[File:Map of Great Plains.svg|thumb|'''Great Plains region'''|alt=|none]] | [[File:Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|thumb|Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains|alt=Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|border|none]][[File:Map of Great Plains.svg|thumb|'''Great Plains region'''|alt=|none]] | ||
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=== | === ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION === | ||
[[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb|Rocky Mountains Range ("range" as is a "mountain range" or series of connected mountains)|alt=RockyMountains-Range.svg|none]][[File:NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png|thumb|A map of the principal hydrological divides of North America. The Eastern Continental Divide (orange line) demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed.|alt=|border|none]] | [[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb|Rocky Mountains Range ("range" as is a "mountain range" or series of connected mountains)|alt=RockyMountains-Range.svg|none]][[File:NorthAmerica-WaterDivides.png|thumb|A map of the principal hydrological divides of North America. The Eastern Continental Divide (orange line) demarcates two watersheds of the Atlantic Ocean: the Gulf of Mexico watershed and the Atlantic Seaboard watershed.|alt=|border|none]] | ||
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=== | === BASIN AND RANGE === | ||
[[File:Basin and Range Province Boundaries and Landmarks.svg|thumb|One of various geographical definitions of the Province|alt=|none]][[File:GB-Definition-Map.jpg|thumb|The hydrographic Great Basin (magenta outline), distinguished from the Great Basin Desert (black), and the Basin and Range Geological Province (teal).[3]|alt=|border|none]][[File:Great Basin map.gif|thumb|Great Basin map|alt=Great Basin map.gif|border|none]] | [[File:Basin and Range Province Boundaries and Landmarks.svg|thumb|One of various geographical definitions of the Province|alt=|none]][[File:GB-Definition-Map.jpg|thumb|The hydrographic Great Basin (magenta outline), distinguished from the Great Basin Desert (black), and the Basin and Range Geological Province (teal).[3]|alt=|border|none]][[File:Great Basin map.gif|thumb|Great Basin map|alt=Great Basin map.gif|border|none]] | ||
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* the "Great Basin" = a geographic depression (low area) | * the "Great Basin" = a geographic depression (low area) between the Rocky and the Sierra Nevada mountains | ||
** no rivers or water flow out of the Great Basin | ** no rivers or water flow out of the Great Basin | ||
* the VA & US SOL refers to the "Great Basin" as the "'''Basin'''" | * the VA & US SOL refers to the "Great Basin" as the "'''Basin'''" | ||
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=== | === PACIFIC COASTAL RANGE === | ||
[[File:California Mountain Ranges.png|thumb|Northern and Southern Coast Ranges and other major mountain ranges of California|alt=|border|none]] | [[File:California Mountain Ranges.png|thumb|Northern and Southern Coast Ranges and other major mountain ranges of California|alt=|border|none]] | ||
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