OHIO’S REGIONS

HERE ARE SOME MAPS, FACTS AND

PICTURES OF OHIO’S REGIONS.

OHIO HAS 4 MAIN REGIONS:

1) LAKE PLAINS2) TILL PLAINS

3) APPALACHIAN PLATEAU

4) BLUEGRASSHERE’S A MAP OF THE REGIONS

LAKE PLAINS

TILL PLAINS

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU

BLUEGRASS

YOU CAN HAVE A

MUCH MORE DETAILED

MAP OF THE REGIONS OF OHIO, LIKE THIS ONE, BUT THE 4

MAIN REGIONS IS WHAT YOU

NEED TO KNOW!!!

HERE’S A REALLY GOOD

MAP OF THE 4

REGIONS OF OHIO FOR YOU

TO KNOW!!!

LAKE PLAINS

HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OHIO SHORE OF LAKE ERIE AND SOME

OF THE FLAT LAND AROUND LAKE ERIE, THE

LAKE PLAIN.

THE LAKE PLAINS ARE A FLAT AREA WITH GOOD SOIL

FOR GROWING CROPS.

THE TWO LARGE CITIES OF THE LAKE REGION

ARE: CLEVELAND AND

TOLEDO.

CLEVELAND

TOLEDO

FRUITS ARE FARMED IN THE LAKE REGION, ESPECIALLY GRAPES

USED TO MAKE WINE.

THE LAKE REGION ALSO GROWS OTHER CROPS

SUCH AS CORN AND BEANS. THERE ARE SOME

MANUFACTURING AREAS IN THE LAKE REGION,

ESPECIALLY IN THE TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND AREAS.

NOW LET’S LOOK AT THE TILL PLAINS

TILL PLAINS

THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE TILL PLAINS ARE COLUMBUS,

DAYTON AND CINCINNATI.

COLUMBUS DAYTON

CINCINNATI

THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF FARMING

OF CORN AND BEANS ON THE TILL

PLAINS.

MANUFACTURING OCCURS IN THE CITIES OF THE TILL PLAINS:

CINCINNATI MAKES SOAP PRODUCTS AT P&G

DAYTON MAKES BUSINESS MACHINES AT NCR

COLUMBUS IS AN INFORMATION

CENTER AS THE CAPITAL OF OHIO AND

WHERE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IS

LOCATED.

THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU IS A PLACE WITH HILLS LEADING TOWARD

THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. THERE IS A

LOT OF VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU.

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU

THERE ARE 3 LARGER CITIES IN THE

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU:

CANTON, YOUNGSTOWN

AND AKRON.

CANTON YOUNGSTOWN

AKRON

THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU HAS

BEAUTIFUL ROLLING HILLS. THE AREA IS A

PLACE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF MINING AND

FORESTRY.

HERE ARE SOME DIFFERENT VIEWS OF

THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU REGION. THE

LAST SLIDE IS A “Y” SHAPED BRIDGE

LOCATED IN ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

THERE IS COAL MINING IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. MOST OF THE MINING IS STRIP MINING BECAUSE THE

COAL IS NEAR THE SURFACE. THE NEXT PICTURES SHOW HOW SOME OF THE COAL IS

MINED IN OHIO.

ANOTHER TYPE OF MINING DONE IN THE APPALACHIAN

PLATEAU IS GYPSUM MINING.

GYPSUM IS A MINERAL. IT IS OFTEN CRUSHED AND

MOLDED INTO SHAPES SUCH AS SHEET ROCK USED TO

BUILD WALLS IN BUILDINGS.

AN OHIO GYPSUM MINE GYPSUM CRYSTALS

GYPSUM WALLBOARD

THERE IS ALSO LIMESTONE MINING

DONE IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE FOLLOWING

PICTURES ARE OF SOME OF THE LIMESTONE

MINES IN OHIO.

ALONG WITH MINING IN THE APPALACHIAN PLATEAU, THERE IS

LUMBERING, CUTTING DOWN TREES FOR

CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES AND FOR

PAPER.

THE FOLLOWING MAP SHOWS THE FORESTS

IN OHIO. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF THE FOREST IS IN SOUTHEAST OHIO.

THE FOLLOWING PICTURES SHOW SOME DIFFERENT

SCENES OF LUMBERING IN

SOUTHEAST OHIO.

FINALLY, LET’S LOOK AT THE BLUEGRASS REGION. THE

BLUEGRASS REGION IS THE SMALLEST REGION IN THE STATE. IT IS KNOWN FOR

TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND THE DISTINCTIVE GRASS THAT

GROWS THERE CALLED “BLUEGRASS.”

BLUEGRASS

RIPLEY, OHIO IN THE BLUGRASS

REGION

A TOBACCO BARN

A RIVER ROAD IN THE BLUEGRASS

AN OHIO BLUEGRASS BAND

THESE ARE THE FOUR OHIO REGIONS AND SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THEM. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE

REGIONS OF OHIO.

LAKE PLAINS

TILL PLAINS

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU

BLUEGRASS