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Five Physical Regions of North America

The Mountainous West (Cordillera)

Moraine Lake, Banff National Park,

Alberta, Cana Elk

Moraine Lake is a glacially fed lake in Banff

National Park, 14 kilometres outside the
Village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It
is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at
an elevation of approximately 1,884 metres.
The lake has a surface area of 50 hectares.
The elk or wapiti is one of the largest
species within the deer family, Cervidae,
and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in
North America, as well as Central and
Northeast Asia.

Robson, Mount
Marmot
Rising above Kinney Lake and
overlooking Yellowhead Pass to the east, Marmots are relatively large ground
Mount Robson is the highest peak (12,972 squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15
feet [3,954 m]) in the Canadian Rockies.  species living in Asia, Europe and North
America. These herbivores are active during
the summer when often found in groups.
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The Great Plains
Matador Ranch
The Matador Ranch is a place to truly
experience what is meant by Montana’s big
skies. It’s also an exciting center for
grassland research and conservation.
Wildlife ranging from pronghorn and elk to
greater sage-grouse, long-billed curlew and
a host of other grassland birds thrive on the
Matador.
Mississippi River Headwaters
Beginning as little more than a trickle
flowing out of Lake Itasca, the near-pristine
Mississippi River begins its journey in north
central Minnesota surrounded by big forests
dotted with wetlands. Established in 1891,
the value of this special place has long been
understood and appreciated.
Pronghorn
The pronghorn is the most characteristic
large mammal of the Great Plains and also
the fastest mammal in North America. It is
the only surviving member of the family
Antilocapridae. 
Piping Plover Chick
 A federally endangered species, piping
plovers are dependent on the sandy beaches
of alkaline lakes to lay their eggs.
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Canadian Shields

American Beaver
The North American beaver is one of two
extant beaver species. It is native to North
Maple Mountain
America and introduced in South America
Maple Mountain is a mountain, located and Europe. 
within Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial
Park, North-eastern Ontario, Canada,
estimated 642 m above mean sea level.

Canadian Lynx
Ishpatina Ridge The Canada lynx is a medium-sized North
Ishpatina Ridge is the highest point of land American lynx that ranges across Alaska,
in the Canadian province of Ontario, at an Canada, and some northern parts of the
estimated 693 m above sea level. Ishpatina contiguous United States. It is characterized
Ridge rises approximately 300 m above the by its long, dense fur, triangular ears with
immediate area.  black tufts at the tips, and broad, snowshoe-
like paws. 
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Alps and the Rocky Mountains before

experiencing natural erosion.

Varied Eastern Region

Florida Everglades
Everglades National Park is a 1.5-million-
acre wetlands preserve on the southern tip of Red Fox
the U.S. state of Florida. Often compared to
The American red fox, commonly known as
a grassy, slow-moving river, the Everglades
the eastern American red fox, is a North
is made up of coastal mangroves, sawgrass
American subspecies of the red fox.
marshes and pine flatwoods that are home to
Historically, red foxes were classified as two
hundreds of animal species.
species: Vulpes vulpes in Eurasia and
Vulpes fulva in the Americas.

Appalachians Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called
the Appalachians, are a system of mountains Gray Fox
in eastern North America. The Appalachians
The gray fox is an omnivorous, solitary
first formed roughly 480 million years ago
hunter. It frequently preys on
during the Ordovician Period. They once
the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus
reached elevations similar to those of the
floridanus) in the eastern U.S., though it
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will readily catch voles, shrews, and birds.
In California, the gray fox primarily eats
rodents, followed by lagomorphs, e.g.
jackrabbit, brush rabbit, etc.
Caribbean Region
Gros Piton
The Pitons are two mountainous volcanic
plugs, volcanic spires, located in Saint
Lucia. Gros Piton is 798.25 m high, and
Petit Piton is 743 m high; they are linked by
the Piton Mitan ridge. The Pitons are a
World Heritage Site, 2,909 ha in size, and
located near the town of Soufrière.
La Soufriere Volcano
La Soufrière or Soufrière Saint Vincent is an
active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent
in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean.
Many volcanoes in the Caribbean are named
Soufrière. 
Jamaican Monkeys
The Jamaican monkey is an extinct species
of New World monkey first uncovered at
Long Mile Cave in Jamaica by Harold
Anthony in 1920.
Caribbean Monk Seal
The Caribbean monk seal, West Indian seal
or sea wolf was a species of seal native to
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the Saint Kitts and Nevis, and is now

believed to be extinct. The main predators of
Caribbean monk seals were sharks and
humans.