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Western High Plains to the north and south of the Southwestern Tablelands corridor; Central Great Plains to the east; Southern Rockies to the northwest; Arizona/New Mexico Plateau a very small portion to the central west; Arizona/New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert to the south-southwest; Edwards Plateau to the southeast; Central Great ...
A map showing the extent of three major cultures within the American Southwest and Northern Mexico with modern borders to provide geographical context. The Pre-Columbian culture of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico evolved into three major archaeological culture areas, sometimes referred to as Oasisamerica.
The southwestern United States features a semi-arid to arid climate, depending on the location. [157] Much of the Southwest is an arid desert climate, but higher elevations in the mountains in each state, with the exception of West Texas, feature alpine climates with very large amounts of snow.
USGS map colored by paleogeological areas and demarcating the sections of the U.S. physiographic regions: Laurentian Upland (area 1), Atlantic Plain (2-3), Appalachian Highlands (4-10), Interior Plains (11-13), Interior Highlands (14-15), Rocky Mountain System (16-19), Intermontane Plateaus (20-22), & Pacific Mountain System (23-25) The legend ...
Map of Ancient Pueblo People regions, including the northern Mesa Verde region and the southern Chaco Canyon region. Archaeologists have agreed on three main periods of ancient occupation by Pueblo peoples throughout the Southwest called Pueblo I, Pueblo II, and Pueblo III. [2] Pueblo I (750–900 CE). Pueblo buildings were built with stone ...
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
1 Map caption. 2 Maps. Toggle the table of contents. ... Southwest. Upper Midwest. West This page was last edited on 11 January 2014, at 17:39 (UTC). Text is ...
The Americas, Western Hemisphere Cultural regions of North American people at the time of contact Early Indigenous languages in the US. Historically, classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is based upon cultural regions, geography, and linguistics.