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| forested, coastal, wet, rural and small town, sparsely populated, charming, simple life, laconic communication, Yankees and Frenchies, clams and lobsters, economically poor. Humid continental climate with cool summers.• Spotisols (not good for agriculture |
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small region with very dense population, coastal, historic core of America, highly urban with many big cities, fast-paced and exciting, economically diverse and rich, ethnically and socially diverse, federal capital, important national and world center.
• Humid continental, with warm summers
Soil:
• Spotisols, and some ultisols, decent but not too good for agriculture
Vegetation:
• Some broadleaf deciduous |
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| The Inland South (Appalachia and the Ozarks): |
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quaint and rural, hilly/mountainous, forested and wet, sparsely populated, economically poor, coal-mining, hillbillies, moonshine, bluegrass, out-migration until recently
The only discontinuous region (region whose parts are not connected
Physical geography:
• Climate:
o Humid continental up north, humid subtropical to the south
o Inceptions in the Appalachinans, some Ultisols in the Ozarks
o Land is too mountainous to do much farming |
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| The Inland South (Remaining) |
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strongest regional identity in the U.S., distinctive food, patriotic and regionally proud, football and stock cars, strong social class hierarchy, historically poor race relations, cotton, corn, and tobacco, hot and muggy summers, slow speech and unhurried lifestyle (too hot and muggy), religious enthusiasm, economically undiversified, genteel and well-mannered
• Plenty of precipitation, it’s flat
• Soils are mediocre, summer is hot and humid
• Not only natural resources but also historical reasons affect economy |
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hot and humid (near tropical), coastal and wet, economic and social heterogeneity, poorly drained and flat with many water features (rivers and river deltas, marshes, estuaries, bays, swamps, lagoons, bayous, sounds, channel islands, beaches, karst features), ‘gators and gumbo, tourist paradise, uncontrolled urban sprawl
• Ultisols along coast, so-so for agriculture
• Entisols (failry wet soils) and some spotisols
• None of them are too good for agriculture
Seminole native americans
TOurism biggest industry |
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| The Great Lakes and Corn Belt: |
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core of the Midwest, core of the U.S., America's agricultural Bread Basket, densely and prosperously farmed, corn and dairy Belts, gently rolling hills, strong seasons, snow belt, farms/small towns/beefy cities, traditional manufacturing core, area of lost manufacturing (Rust Belt), middle-of-the-road, “average American culture”
Climate:
• Not very humid
• Strong seasons-Warm to hot summers, sometimes muggy, capricious spring and fall days- could be gorgeous, could be rainy and foggy, cold and snowy winters
• Part of area referred to as snow belt
Soils:
• Alfisols
• Molisols
• Both good for agriculture (especially Molisols)
• Iroquoi, onega, Seneca |
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wide-open and flat, big sky country, sparse and rural, severest climate—extreme weather events, dry and windy, grassy and scrubby, cattle ranches, wheat, Cowboys and Indians in history and Hollywood, disappearing small farms and small towns
Good Soil
• Lots of molisols
• Not enough water for agriculture
• Best soils of any region this quarter, but not enough water |
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