Landform Regions — Western United States Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• death valley : located in california, this is the hottest and lowest point in all of north america. the highest temperature ever recorded here—a scorching 134 degrees fahrenheit in the shade
• basin : a large area of land that is sunken lower than adjacent land
• grand canyon : one of the amazing physical features found in the basin and range region
• range : a mountainous area
• nations bread basket : the great plains region is called this because of the amount of wheat grown.
• great plains region : historically, this region was covered in tall prairie grasses. today, this area is important farmland.
• coastal range : has numerous mountain ranges, including the sierra nevada mountains in the south and the cascade mountains in washington state
• rocky mountains : they cut across the entire continent, from alaska all the way south to mexico
• continental divide : this division separates the rivers that flow west into the pacific ocean from the rivers that flow east into the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean