United States Landforms for 4th grade

Great Lakes• Lake Superior• Lake Huron• Lake Ontario• Lake Erie• Lake Michigan

Lake Superior• One of the five

Great Lakes• Most northern of

all Great Lakes• Border between

Canada and the United States

Lake Huron• One of the five

Great Lakes• In the middle of

all of the Great Lakes

Lake Ontario• One of the five

Great Lakes• On the eastern

side of the Great Lakes

Lake Erie• One of the five

Great Lakes• The most

southern of the Great Lakes

Lake Michigan• One of the five

Great Lakes• On the map it

looks like it is going down

Atlantic Coastal Plains• On the eastern

side of the United States

• Runs along the Atlantic Ocean

• Extends 2,200 miles from NY to FL

Gulf of Mexico• Body of water

that borders FL, AL, MS, LA, and TX

Great Basin• Mostly located in

Nevada• Serves as a

watershed for lakes and streams that have no outlet to the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico

Death Valley• Below sea level

basin• Hottest, driest,

and lowest

Great Plains• Broad flat land;

covered in prairie and grassland

• Lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains

Continental Divide• Runs from Alaska

past the United States

• Serves as a watershed to the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic

St. Lawrence River• Connects the

Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean