United States Physiographic Region
The list of continental United States Physiographic regions identifies the 8 regions, 25 provinces, and 85 sections. The system dates to Nevin Fenneman's paper Physiographic Subdivision of the United States, published in 1917. Fenneman expanded and presented his system more fully in two books, Physiography of western United States (1931), and Physiography of eastern United States (1938). In these works Fenneman described 25 provinces and 85 sections of the United States physiography.
Read more about United States Physiographic Region: Laurentian Upland, Atlantic Plain, Appalachian Highlands, Interior Plains, Interior Highlands, Rocky Mountain System, Intermontane Plateaus, Pacific Mountains System
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