Landscape Regions of NYLandscape Regions of NY

Landscape regions are categorized Landscape regions are categorized by:by:

Bedrock structureBedrock structure ElevationElevation Stream patternsStream patterns

Division between landscape Division between landscape regionsregions

Bodies of waterBodies of water MountainsMountains Other natural boundariesOther natural boundaries

MountainsMountains

High elevation, High elevation, High ReliefHigh Relief

Mountaneous Mountaneous regions are regions are sometimes called sometimes called highlands.highlands.

PlateauPlateau

Medium to high Medium to high elevation, high to elevation, high to low relieflow relief

Flat TopFlat Top

Steep or gentle Steep or gentle cliffscliffs

Deeply eroded plateau – Deeply eroded plateau – flat top, steep valleyflat top, steep valley

Grand Canyon plateau – rim Grand Canyon plateau – rim elevation is 4000 - 7000 ft.elevation is 4000 - 7000 ft.

Allegheny Plateau – why is it Allegheny Plateau – why is it rounded?rounded?

Plains or LowlandsPlains or Lowlands

Low elevation, low Low elevation, low reliefrelief

Gently rolling hillsGently rolling hills

Climates affect landscape Climates affect landscape developmentdevelopment

Humid-lots of Humid-lots of precipitation and precipitation and vegetations, well vegetations, well rounded hillsrounded hills

Arid – dry, little Arid – dry, little vegetation, large vegetation, large canyonscanyons

Identify the landform…Identify the landform…

In which two present-day New York State landscape regions is the most Precambian bedrock likely to be exposed on the land

surface?