Characteristics of geographical structure climate and vegetation of North America
Physical structure ( division) | Climate | Natural Vegetation | |
1. | Western cordilleras ( Rocky mountain range) The region of high mountains | Cold and dry climate is found in high altitude of mountain region. | Coniferous vegetation is found like pine, fir, spruce, etc in this region. |
2. | Central great plains ( Plain land prairies) | Extreme climate and scanty rainfall occurs here as it is far away from the sea. | Vast grassland has covered this region which is known as prairies. |
3. | Eastern (Mountain range) highland, mountains consisting of low young fold mountains facing toward the sea. | Warm climate is there as it lies on the sea coast.It has monsoon type of climate with summer and winter. | Since the climate is monsoon type, deciduous type of vegetation is found here. |