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5th Geo States 4
Southwest, West Coast and Alaska and Hawaii Regions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Capitol - Austin | State - Texas |
| Capitol - Carson City | State - Nevada |
| Capitol - Phoenix | State - Arizona |
| Capitol - Santa Fe | State - New Mexico |
| Southwest Geographical Features | Grand Canyon, gorges, Mojave Desert,Rocky Mountains,Great Basin,Great Salt Lake,Colorado River,Rio Grande |
| Canyon | a valley with very steep sides and a flat bottom# usually cut into the rock by a river |
| Desert | are a dry region with fewer than 10” of precipitation annually |
| Gorges | are deep passage with steep rock sides,smaller than a canyon |
| Climate of the Southwest | dry climate which is dry most, or all, of the year; hot summers, cold to warm winters and highland climate which will vary greatly with elevation |
| Capitol - Olympia | State - Washington |
| Capitol - Sacramento | State - California |
| Capitol - Salem | State - Oregon |
| West Coast Geographical Features | Sierra Nevada Mountains, Mt. Whitney, Cascade Mountains, Mojave Desert, Death Valley, Pacific Ocean |
| West Coast Climate | dry in desert areas which is dry most, or all# of the year; hot summers# cold to warm winters; highland in mountainous areas which will vary greatly with elevation and mild which is wet in winter or all year; warm to hot summers# cool winter |
| contiguous | touching along a boundary or at a point |
| non-contiguous | not touching along a boundary or at a point |
| Capitol - Juneau | State - Alaska |
| Capitol - Honolulu | State - Hawaii |
| island | a body of land completely surrounded by water |
| archipelago | a chain of islands |
| glacier | a thick bed of ice that covers a continent or a river of thick ice that moves slower down a slope or valley |
| peninsula | a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides |
| channel | a broad waterway that connects two larger bodies of water |
| volcano | an opening in the earth’s crust from which molten rock erupts; the rocks usually form a mountain around the opening |
| Climate of Hawaii | Tropical |
| Climate of Alaska | Polar and Continental |
| Mountain | a natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill# usually greater than 2#000 ft (610 m) |
| Geographical Features of Alaska and Hawaii | mountains, volcanos, channels, penisula, glaciers, archipelago,islands, Mt. McKinley |
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