The continental part of the USA consists of two highland regions: the Appalachian Mountains and the Cordillera.

The Grand Canon is one of the most awesome spectacles on earth. For centuries the Colorado River cuts its way through layers of rock. As the river sank, it left red and yellow rockwalls a mile high on either side. The Grand Canyon is so deepit has different climates at different levels

The Twin Lake

The Ice Lake

The Lake Michigan

The Snake River The Mississippi

The Colorado

The Niagara Falls, on the Niagara River between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, are one of the most splendid sights in the world

Each year many people visit Niagara Falls from either the American side

or the Canadian side. A boat called Maid of the Mist will take you right out to the Falls.

Americans have tried to save many of the most beautiful wild areas of the US. There are more than three hundred National Parks, National seashores.

In Yellowstone you can see many different animals and birds. Animals at Yellowstone include grizzly bears and black bears, buffalo, elk, deer, antelope coyotes and lynxes.