Adirondack Mountains
The Adirondacks are very old mountains in the state of New York.

California Coast
Pacific Ocean waves crash into the California coast.

Canyon de Chelly
The Rio de Chelly begins near the Chuska Mountains close to the Arizona–New Mexico border.

Craters of the Moon National Monument
Craters of the Moon National Monument preserves a volcanic landscape in the state of Idaho.

Death Valley National Park
Alluvial fans are a prominent feature in California’s Death Valley.

Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch is a landform at Arches National Monument in Utah.

Goosenecks State Park
The Goosenecks of the San Juan River in Utah are meanders that have cut straight down into the Colorado Plateau.

Grand Canyon from an Airplane Window
This picture was taken during a flight on a commercial airplane between Houston and San Francisco.

Grand Canyon National Park
The Colorado River has carved the Grand Canyon into the rocks of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona.

Grand Teton National Park
Glaciers have helped shape the landscape of the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
All of the Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic eruptions, but only the Big Island of Hawaii continues to experience activity.

Kansas
Kansas is one of the Plains States.

Kauai in the Pacific Ocean
This photo was taken from the Space Shuttle as it flew over the island of Kauai. Kauai is the oldest and fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is the wettest spot on Earth.

Lake Powell, Arizona
When the Glen Canyon Dam was completed across the Colorado River, it created a reservoir.

Mammoth Cave National Park
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky formed in an area of karst topography.

Mississippi River Delta
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America.

Missouri River
In 1993 severe flooding affected many of the states along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.

Mt. Katahdin
Mt. Katahdin’s granite and glaciated slopes are in Maine.

Mt. Rainier National Park
Like most of the Cascade volcanoes, Mt. Rainier has been shaped by glacial erosion.

Mt. Saint Helens
Mt. Saint Helens is a stratovolcano in southern Washington State.

Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls are located on the Niagara River between Lakes Erie and Ontario.

Oregon Sand Dunes
The Oregon Dunes stretch in a long narrow band along the central Oregon coast.

Palouse Hills, Washington
The Palouse Hills in eastern Washington are composed of earth materials deposited by continental glaciers on top of the lava flows of the Columbia Plateau.

Potomac River
The Potomac River from the Key Bridge between Rosslyn, Virginia and Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Rocky Mountains
These mountains are in Colorado and are part of the Rocky Mountain range.

San Andreas Fault
The trace of the San Andreas Fault across the Carrizo Plain in California is very obvious in this photograph. The San Andreas Fault marks where the North American and Pacific Plates slide past each other.

Southern Sierra
The Sierra Nevada in California are on the eastern edge of California.

Split-Twig Figurine
This split-twig figurine came from a cave in the Redwall Limestone in the eastern Grand Canyon.

Upper Peninsula, Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan was covered by continental glaciers during the last ice ages.

Water Bodies: Finger Lakes
Photo of the finger-shaped lakes of New York State taken from the Space Shuttle.

Water Bodies: Great Lakes
Photo of all five Great Lakes taken from the Space Shuttle.

Water Bodies: Great Salt Lake
A color infrared photo of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

Water Bodies: Susquehanna River
Photo of portions of the Appalachian Mountains and the Susquehanna River taken from the Space Shuttle.

Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Falls is on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park in the state of Wyoming.

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Valley in California is a good example of a U-shaped valley eroded by advancing valley glaciers.

Yosemite National Park: Waterfalls
Yosemite National Park in California is known for its beautiful waterfalls pouring out of high hanging valleys.

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