UTAH

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UTAHS GEOGRAPHY
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WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY

• Geography is the study of the earth.

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What is History?

• History is the study of the human past.

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What is location?

• Where did history happen?
• Absolute location -exact location
• Relative location - Where is a place located in
  connection with another place?

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Absolute Location

• Lattitude and Longitude
• An address

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Relative Location

• Where do you live. . .
• besides your address. .
• Where is it near?

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How would you describe a PLACE?

• What makes a place unique, or different?
• What physical (land features) does it have?
• What human characteristics (man made) does it
  have?

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What makes this place different?
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What makes this place different?
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What makes this place different?
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UTAH LAND REGIONS
Rocky Mountain Region
Great Basin Region
Colorado Plateau Region
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Great Basin Region
Great Basin Region No Water Drains Out
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Colorado Plateau Region
CAPITOL REEF N.P.
ZIONS N.P.
ARCHES N.P.
BRYCE CANYON N.P.
CANYONLANDS N.P.
Plateaus look like table tops
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Rocky Mountain Region
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UTAH LAND REGIONS
Label each land region and draw a symbol that
represents each region
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Climate and Water in Utah

• What is climate?
• The long term season patterns of heat and cold,
  wet and dry conditions.

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Climate and Water

• Describe the climate in Utah

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Spring in Moab
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Summer at Brighton
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Fall Colors
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Winter
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Describe the plants Utah
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Describe the animal life in Utah
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State Symbols

• Tree Colorado Blue Spruce
• Flower Sego Lily
• Fruit cherry
• Grass Indian Ricegrass

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Utahs State Symbols

• Animal Elk
• Fish cutthroat trout
• Bird seagull
• Insect honey bee
• Fossil Allosaurus

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