North America has various ways to partition its landscape regions.
Here are the 8 regions I am told are generally accepted:
1) Interior Lowlands, 2) Canadian Shield, 3) Appalachians, 4)
Ozark-Ouachita Uplands 5) Coastal Lowlands 6) Pacific Coastlands 7)
Intermontane Plateaus and 8) Rocky Mountains.
These 8 are divided by general physical geographical
characteristics. Each of these sub-regions has its own sort of
sub-categorization of landscapes. I want to sub-divide #5(Coastal
Lowlands) into sub-regions, maybe just 2 or 3. Really what I need
help with is just finding some good info on the physical geography of
this region (online maps, geographical explanations, etc.). I don't
need to much detail just enough to see where possible sub-regions
sugest themselve. So really I just need some solid links to info on
the Coastal Lowland region. If possible please ASAP as I need to use
the info this weekend. Thanks! |
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
30 Jul 2005 15:58 PDT
This link may be of use to you:
http://www.fs.fed.us/land/pubs/ecoregions/toc.html
Ecological Subregions of the United States
although it may be more information than you need.
In particular, have a look at Chapter 21, which divides much of the
coastal lowlands into coastal plains, flatwoods, flatlands, coastal
prarie, and marshes.
Let me know if that's what you need. And if it's not, what sort of
information would better suit your needs?
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
solomonjr-ga
on
30 Jul 2005 17:55 PDT
I can certainly use this info, however yes it probably is too
detailed. I am mostly looking for a general way to subdivide this
coastal lowland region. Maybe a topographical map or some map showing
altitude of the region. If you can just find that, then I think I can
use the other link you provided to fill in the details. Thanks agian!
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
30 Jul 2005 20:10 PDT
This link to an ecoregion map might help:
ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/na/naeco2.pdf
Thing is, though, they don't seem to use quite the same "generally
accepted" regions that you listed, so you would have to pick and
choose the subregions that best correspond to coastal lowlands. Some
areas should be pretty obvious, though.
Let me know if that helps.
paf
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