If you were to travel from the South to the midwest, you would see a wide variety of physical features that make the United States a beautiful and exciting place to live and visit. Each region has its own characteristics that make it unique. In this lesson, you will expand your knowledge of regions by exploring the characteristics of various regions that exist past the boundaries of Texas and to the borders of the United States and beyond.

Click on the United States map below. Notice how the states are divided into four major regions (Northeast, South, Midwest, West), and then divided into sub regions. It is important to note that different maps may display regions differently, depending on their sources. This map is based on information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

These regions are named primarily for their relative locations in the United States.

Click on each of the basic characteristics of a region below to learn more.