Mountains of the USA презентация

The United States has a varied landscape with many mountain ranges and other physical features.
A few of the major mountain ranges in the United States are
the Appalachian Mountains,
the Rocky Mountains,
the Alaska Range,
the Cascades,
the Sierra Nevada.

SOME OF THE MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES IN THE UNITED STATES INCLUDE:
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascades
Sierra Nevada

Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in North America, running 3,000 miles across the US and Canada, from western Canada to the state of New Mexico.

Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains are about 1,500 miles long, and traverse the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama.

Cascades
The Cascade Range along the West Coast of the United States extend from Canada into the US states of Washington, Oregon, and California. These mountains were formed as part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and have volcanoes, including Mount St. Helens and Lassen.

Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada mountains, located in the states of California and Nevada, are about 400 miles long. The name Sierra Nevada is Spanish for "snowy mountains".