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United States Landforms and Land Regions - Short Descriptions

This section includes short narratives and descriptions of the major United States landforms and waterways.

Mississippi River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Mississippi River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Missouri River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Missouri River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Ohio River- U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Ohio River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Rio Grande - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Rio Grande. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Colorado River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Colorado River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Columbia River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Columbia River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Snake River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Snake River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Arkansas River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Arkansas River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Tennessee River - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Tennessee River. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Appalachian Mountains - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Appalachian Mountains. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Rocky Mountains - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Rocky Mountains. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Coast Range - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Coast Range.

Cascades Range - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Cascades Range.

The Ozarks - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Brooks Range - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of Alaska's Brooks Range

Alaska Range - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Alaska Range

Great Basin - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Great Basin. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Sonoran Desert - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Sonoran Desert. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Chihuahuan Desert - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and New Mexico.

Mojave Desert - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Mojave Desert. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Great Plains - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Great Plains. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

Great Lakes - U.S. Land Features

Description: This page includes a description of the Great Lakes. It is part of our U.S. Landforms series.

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