The United States: by Regions

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The United States by Regions
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The Western States

• Landforms
• Pacific Ranges
• Sierra Nevada
• Cascade
• Coastal
• Alaska Range
• Highest peak
• Mount McKinley
• Alaska
• Rocky Mts
• Link Canada and U.S.

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• In between Mts.
• Grand Canyon
• Columbia Plateau
• Great Basin
• Death Valley hottest and lowest place in U.S.
• Water
• Continental Divide
• Follow the Rockies, determine direction rivers
  flow
• Colorado River
• Source in Rockies
• Rio Grande
• Source in Rockies
• Economic Resources
• Minerals
• Fishing
• Livestock
• Farming

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• Climate
• Mid-Latitude
• Marine West Coastal
• Mediterranean (California)
• Desert
• Mojave and Chihuahua
• Highland
• b/c of elevation of the Rockies
• Timberline

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• Population Centers
• Pacific Coast
• Pleasant climate, many natural resources/eco opp
• California is most populated state
• Megalopolis great city
• San Francisco-Los Angeles-San Diego
• All have major ports
• The Bay Area
• Northern California Megaregion
• Seattle
• Major port
• Silicon Valley
• San Francisco Bay area

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The Midwest

• Landforms
• Great Plains
• Water
• Great Lakes
• Mississippi River
• Resources
• Farming
• Wheat Belt Great Plain and Canadian Prairies
• Corn Belt Ohio-Nebraska
• Dairyland New York State to Minnesota
• Traditional region for dairy farmers

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• Climate (Great Plains)
• Humid Continental
• Bitter cold winters, hot summers
• Super Cells/ Tornadoes
• Vegetation Prairie
• Tall grasses, no trees
• Dust Bowl
• 1930s, caused by drought and poor farming
  techniques
• Top soil b/cme barren wasteland
• Same time as Great Depression

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• Population Centers
• Detroit
• Center of car manufacturing industry
• Chicago, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Pittsburg
• Connect to Ohio River
• Least populated areas
• Arid parts of Great plains
• Rust Belt
• Cities near Great Lakes
• Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, etc.
• Traditional manufacturing centers, loose and
  people when business move South

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The South

• Landforms
• Coastal Plains
• Appalachians Mts
• Water
• Mississippi River
• Rio Grande
• Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
• Connect FL to TX w/ Miss Rvr
• Resources
• Fuel (oil and natural gas)
• Farming

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• Climate
• Humid subtropical
• Long muggy summers, mild winter
• Hurricanes
• Wetlands/Swamps
• Florida
• Region Sunbelt
• Southern states
• Mild climate
• Fastest growing pop. Area
• Draw many immigrants b/c close to Mexico and
  Caribbean

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• Population Centers
• Miami
• New Orleans
• Texas Triangle Houston, D/FW, San Antonio
• Megalopolis

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The Northeast

• Landforms
• Appalachian Mts
• From Quebec to Alabama
• Fall Line_________________________
• Adirondack Mts
• Islands Manhattan
• Water
• St. Lawrence River
• Great Lakes
• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway connect to
  Atlantic Ocean
• Niagara Falls
• Source of hydroelectric power for both U.S. and
  Canada

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• Resources
• Fishing
• Timber
• Financial Center of U.S.
• Climate
• Humid Continental
• Hot summers, Cold Winters
• Winter Blizzards
• Population Centers
• BosWash
• Boston-New York-Washington, D.C.-Philadelphia-Balt
  imore
• North East Corridor