Geography in the southeast region of US US are divided in seven regions. The southeast region consists of the states: Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas. Over 70 million people live in the southeast region. The southeast region is closer to the equator than most other parts of the US. Being close to the equator causes hotter weather in the southeast region compared to the other regions of the US. Therefore, it is pretty warm in Florida while it is cold in Minnesota. Much of the region is surrounded by The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. These oceans cause winds to blow off water from the ocean. These winds carry moisture, giving the …show more content…
southeast lots of rainfall. Sometimes the region experience hurricanes.
They gain strength over warm ocean waters, and can do a lot of damage. The hurricane Katrina is one of the deadliest and most expensive hurricanes in history of the US. Over 1800 people died by the hurricane. 80% of New Orleans was flooded, and the floodwater did not lessen for weeks. However, most of the time the weather in the southeast is good. The first thing you notice when you look at the map of the southeast is the Appalachian Mountains, also called the Appalachians. It extends all the way up to New England. The Appalachian Mountains are the oldest mountains in the North America. These mountains are very rounded compared to The Rocky Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains are much older. Wind and rain had been flattened them down for millions of years. The great Smokey Mountains is a subrange of the Appalachians. The great Smokey Mountains national park is home to many plants and animals. It’s also the most visited park in the US. As you come down from the mountains you find and area with hills. This is called the Piedmont. These are low-lying stretches of flatland. It extends from New Jersey in north to Alabama in south. Piedmont is pretty low, with heights between 50 m to 300 m above sea
level. Below the Piedmont is the Coastal Plain. Some parts of the Coastal Plain are so low, that they are covered with water. The Everglades are an example of such place. Its one of the world’s most famous wetlands and covers a large part of southern Florida. Its tropical climate and its abundance of water makes it a unique environment. Its home to many animals and plants that are rarely found in other parts of the US. It also provides drinking water for 7 million Floridians.
(“Facts about mountains for kids”) This is not a solid definition of mountains, but it is a general statement. Mountains typically have steep, sloping sides and sharp peaks. (“Facts about mountains for kids”) With these sloping sides come different levels to a mountain. The lowest level are the broadleaf forests then the middle slopes that are colder and have conifer trees. The next level of tree growth is called the timberline, then there are alpine plants, and finally at the very top there is nothing but snow covered rocks. (Simon, Seymour. pg.23 ) With every different level, there comes different plant and wildlife. The elevation also determines the human population, because the higher up the mountain you go the less oxygen; therefore, you will probably feel dizzy and short of breath. (Simon, Seymour pg. 25) Humans can climb mountains such as Everest, but few to none live there full time because of the reduction of oxygen. Mountains influence environments and are important to
...the only major geologic event in the history of the Appalachians. Several glaciers have covered parts of the Northern Appalachians over the last three million years. (Appalachian tales) The mountains have been there ever since and that is how they were formed.
In Montana, tall mountains create two distinct climate regions. To the west of the mountains, the weather is milder (Av2 books). Yellowstone National Park lies mostly in Wyoming, but three of the park’s entrances are located in southern Montana. People go to Yellowstone National park to see the view and the glaciers, some people go there to just go on a vacation to see the wildlife (Av2 books).
A hurricane is easily the most powerful storm that mother-nature can throw at us. Every year people who live on the coasts fight hurricanes with no dismay. A hurricane is simply too strong. Their winds reach speeds of 75 mph. The winds around the eye wall can reach 130 to 150 mph. They are 200 to 300 miles in diameter. The number of casualties is endless, as well as the widespread destruction that takes millions of dollars to repair. Even if the hurricane doesn’t cause a lot of damage, the storm surge will. Storm surge is the great tidal waves that crash into our coasts and make huge floods that are caused by hurricanes.
Many New England states lie along bodies of water. This can also create an irregular weather environment because the warm air off the water can turn snow to rain in the winter, and a warm sunny day to a very chilly one in the summer. Elevation can also become a problem with weather forecasters due to the fact that the elevations of the New England states are all different. So at any one time, it can be snowing in New Hampshire, Raining in Massachusetts, cloudy in Rhode Island and Foggy in Connecticut. The randomness of such weather is the reason why, in New England if you do not like the weather outside, wait Five minutes and it will change… do not like the weather outside, wait Five minutes and it will change…
Proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina-Tennessee. Map. S.l., 1926. Mapping the National Parks. Lib. of Congress. 15 March 2010.
On August 29, 2005, the third strongest and biggest hurricane ever recorded in American history hit the Gulf Coast at eight o’clock a.m. The interaction between a tropical depression and a tropical wave created a tropical storm later referred to as Hurricane Katrina (FAQS, 2013). Forming over the Bahamas, Hurricane Katrina gradually strengthened as it moved closer and closer to the Gulf of Mexico. Recorded on August 28th, 2005, Katrina jumped from a category three storm to a category five storm with maximum sustained winds up to 160 miles per hour. Although other hurricanes, such as Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Wilma, exceeded Katrina, this dominant storm was classified as the fourth most intense hurricane based its pressure capacity. Once Hurricane Katrina hit land, it was pronounced as a category four storm moving slowly. While people thought that the slow speed of this storm prevented trauma, records show that Katrina did more damage than any fast-moving storm could have ever achieved (Solanki, 2013). Katrina produced abundant debris. The debris was in such large quantity that if it was stacked together on a football field, the rubble would reach the elevation of ten and a half miles. The size of Katrina also caused 90,000 square miles to be affected. Once proclaimed a category three storm, Hurricane Katrina slowed to the speed of 155 miles per hour. At this point in time, Katrina proved to be the sixth most prevailing hurricane traced in history. (Solanki, 2013). Several different aspects of life were impacted by Hurricane Katrina such as availability of gasoline, economic issues, and the ability to have an adequate supply of drinking water (Solanki, 2013). Hurricane Katrina was a large storm ...
Appalachia is a 205,000-square-mile region that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It is home to more than 25 million people.
Mountain ranges in California formed when the Earth tectonic plates collide together. When the tectonic plates collide they cause the earth to uplift
Hurricanes are powerful and destructive storms that involve great rain and wind. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a great amount of damage. However, there is one hurricane that happened in 2005 that stands out among the others, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States, a category 5 on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale. An estimated 1836 people died because of the hurricane and the floodings that happened after (Zimmermann 1). Katrina initially beg...
These physical regions are the Gulf Coastal Plains, the Interior Lowlands, the Great Plains and the Basin and Range Plains. Texas’ Gulf Coastal Plain is located in the western extension of Texas. In the Gulf Coastal Plain, you have areas that are within these plains and they are Pine Belt, Post Oak Belt, Blacland Belt, Coastal Prairies, Lower Rio Grande Valley and the Rio Grande Plain. This region is also close by the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston which is where the name Gulf Coastal Plain comes from. Next you have the Interior Lowlands. The Lowlands are located toward the North region of Texas. This region includes West Texas Rolling Plains, Grand Prairie, Eastern Cross Timbers and Western Cross Timbers. The third
The Rocky Mountains are an incredible mountain range located in North America in the Western Hemisphere. The mountain range stretches from northern Colorado and into southwestern Canada. It is home to a diverse ecosystem, both geographically and biologically and is revered as a monumental landform worldwide.
Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and most expensive natural disasters around. They are more common in areas of humid yet moist weather so they are very foreign to certain places. But to the places were hurricanes are the norm, the people take them extremely seriously because they kill people and ruin countless amounts of property. Hurricanes can attack and harm people in so many ways they can kill people, leave them homeless, it leaves children orphaned and disable them. On the west coast of the United States and other places hurricanes aren’t taken as seriously as other more common disasters, such as, earthquakes and volcanoes yet the hurricane can be a lot more damaging that both of those. Hurricanes are cyclones that develop over warm oceans and breed winds that blow yup to 74 miles per hour.
Have you ever wanted to learn about two regions at the same time? Well, if you have, keep reading for exciting details like how one region is made out of 12 states while another is made of eleven. Amazing, I know! So buckle up, get some snacks, and allow the regions to land in your mind!
In the Mississippian Era this area was located 10° south of the equator (GORP.com, 2002) and was covered by shallow seas, the Mississippian Seas (NPS.com). During this time deposition of sediment consisting largely of sand, silt, clay and the calcium carbonate shells from the inhabitants of the seas began forming layers of sandstone, limestone and shale. (Livesay and McGrain, 1962-1953) Between the Pennsylvania and Permian Era crustal movements, known as plate tectonics, shifted this area to 37.1833° north of the equator, causing the seas to dissipate, and the land to start to warp upward. The rivers now flowing over this land deposited additional sediment forming new layers. Continued warping of the crust created an upheaval of the crust known as the Cincinnati Arch (Fig 1) during the Paleozoic Era. (Livesay and McGrain,