This
list of physiographic regions of the contiguous United States 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.