RegionsBy Hayden

All about regions

• A region is a area with simular things such as landforms. There are 5 regions in the USA they are Northeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West.

Southeast

• Crisscrossed with rivers

• Davis Bayou - marshy slow moving stream

• Warm all year

• Large area of wetlands - swamps, marshes, Everglades, and bayous ex

Northeast

• Appalachian Mountains found in most of the states in this region

• 4 seasons-Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall

• We live in this region

• Coastal Plain - a flat lowland a long the edge of the Atlantic Ocean

Midwest

• Great Plains - in the west, cold winters/hot summers, produces wheat

• Produces corn and wheat

• Made of the interior plain

• Central Plain - in the east, low elevation, produces corn

Southwest• Mostly made up of high

plateaus, plains, and deserts

• This region shares the Great Plains with the Midwest

• One of the most famous landforms in this region is the Grand Canyon

• The Rocky Mountains appear in this region as well as the West

West

• Landforms include mountains,plateaus, and valleys

• The Great Basin is in this region

• The redwood trees grow in Oregon and California are the tallest trees in the world

New Jersey's regions

Atlantic Coastal Plain

• We live in this region

• Largest region - covers more than half of NJ

• Home to the Pinelands

Piedmont

• NJ's greatest population - boarders NY city

• Located at the foothills

• Palicades forms the eastern boarder

• Fall line separates this region from the ACP

Highlands

• Most of NJ's lakes are found here

• The town of Franklin is known for (glowing) rocks

Ridge and Valley

• Home to the Delaware Water Gap and High Point State Park

• Dairy farming is an important business

• Appalachian Mountains runs though this region

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