Colorado

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Colorado

• My state motto is nothing without province

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• The Cenntial State
• flower Rocky Mt. Columbine
• gemAquamarine
• BirdLark Bunting
• TreeColorado Blue Spruse
• AnimalRocky Mountain sheep

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• Economy
• The largest crop is winter wheat. Other crops
  grown are corn and hay. The state manufactures
  mostly farm tractors

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• Population
• In the year 1870 the population was 39,864. in
  2000 it was 4,30 1, 261

• Origin of name
• The Spanish named Colorado for the Colorado
  (colored red) river because the silt made it red

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• Climate
• The coldest temperature ever was -38 degrees F.
• The hottest temperature ever was 114 degrees F.
• The average rainfall is 12-18 in. per year

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• Manufacturing
• My state manufactures transportation equipment,
  scientific instruments, food processing, gold and
  mining.

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• Sports
• Snow boarding, Skiing, Football, Lacrosse,
  Mountain boarding, Soccer, and Hockey.

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• Visitor's guide A
  Landmark you should visit is Garden of the Gods
• A National Park you should visit is Mesa Verde
  cliff dwellings

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• The land
• My state is 104,091sq. mi. it ranks 8th in all
  the states
• The highest point is Mt. Elbert. The lowest point
  is the Arkansas river.

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• Topography
• My state has 3 land regions, Great Plains, Rocky
  mtn.s, Colorado Plateau.

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• STATE MAP

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• Bibliograghy
• 50 states.com
• Enchanted learning.com
• America the beautiful Colorado by Deborah hent

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