Southwest Region

Covers most of the southern half of Arizona and New Mexico

• Sonoran Desert

• Grand Canyon

• Farmland

• Atlantic Ocean

• Largest desert in North America. (Extends into Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.)

• Grand Canyon

• Erie Canal

• Chihuahuan Desert

• The Sahara Desert

The Land in the Southwest Region is mostly made up of

• Wetlands and beaches

• Rocky beaches

• plains, canyons and plateaus

• Rolling hills and river valleys

Flat Land

• Plains

• Plateaus

• Canyons

• Mountains

• a deep, narrow valley with steep sides.

• Plains

• Plateaus

• Canyon

• Wetland

 high, flat landform that rises steeply from the land around it.

• Plains

• Plateau

• Canyon

• Swamp

Large canyon located in Arizona

• The Grand Canyon

• Carlsbad Caverns

• Mammoth Cave

• Appalachian Mountains

At 1,470 feet long, this travels south and west down through some of the driest parts of the country.

• Colorado River

• Hoover Dam

• Grand Canyon

• Atlantic Ocean

What gives the Colorado River its reddish brown color?

• Mud and rocks

• Each tributary adds water and soil, called silt, to the Colorado.

• Food coloring

• Hot lava

Rivers that join other rivers

• Swamps

• Great Lakes

• Tributaries

• River Valley