Kiari R.Kinnie

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The State of New York

• Kiari R.Kinnie
• Thompson Elementary
• Power Point
• 5th Grade

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Cities and towns

• New York's population centers reflect early
  transportation routes, with railroad paralleling
  the Erie Canal .
• The largest city in the state and the most
  populous city in the United States is New York
  City, which comprises five counties, the Bronx,
  New York , Queens, Brooklyn, and Richmond .New
  York City is home to more than two-fifths of the
  state's population. The ten largest cities are
• New York City (8,143,197)
• Buffalo(279,745)
• Rochester (211,091)
• Yonkers (196,425)
• Syracuse (141,683)
• Albany (93,523)
• New Rochelle (72,967)
• Mount Vernon (67,924)
• Schenectady(61,280)
• Utica(59,336)

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About New York

• New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and
  Northeastern regions of the United States, and is
  the country's third most populous state. It is
  bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
  New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and shares a water
  border with Rhode Island as well as an
  international border with the Canadiann provinces
  of Quebec and Ontario.

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Population
In 2006, New York was the largest state
in population after California and
Texas,with an estimated population of
19,306,183.This represents an increase of
1.7 since the year 2000.It includes a
natural increase since the last census of
601,779 people
.
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Geography
New York covers 54,556 square miles and ranks as
27th largest state by size. The Great Appalachian
Valley dominates eastern New York, while Lake
Champlain is the chief northern feature of the
valley, which also includes the Hudson River
flowing southward to the Atlantic Ocean. The
rugged Adirondack Mountains, with vast tracts of
wilderness,lie west of the valley. Most of the
southern part of the state is on the Allegheny
plateau, which rises from the southeast to the
Catskill Mountains.
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State Parks
New York has many state parks and two major
forest preserves. Adirondack Park, roughly the
size of the state of Vermont and the largest
state park in the United States, was established
in 1892 and given state constitutional protection
in 1894. The thinking that led to the creation
of the Park first appeared in Georgia Perkins
Marshs Man and Nature, published in 1864.
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Weather
New York ranks 46th among the 50 states in the
amount of greenhouse gases generated per
person.This efficiency is primarily due to the
states relatively higher rate of mass transit
use.
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