Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Inland South

The Inland South includes parts of Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, southern Missouri, northern Louisiana, eastern Oklahoma, and east Texas. The region is along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, the Appalachians, and North American central lowland. There landforms there are in the region vary from swamps, flat lands, and mountains. Los Angeles has flat lands and mountains. Summers can be hot and humid while winters are mild, but it can snow. There also is a lot of precipitation throughout the year and thunderstorms in the spring and summer. This can cause flooding in the region. While in Los Angeles we get earthquakes. The Inland South is more oriented towards agriculture. The primary sector is also in California like in the Inland South. The Inland South grew cotton and tobacco and some fruit and vegetables. California also grows fruits and vegetable also nuts that can grow in the Mediterranean weather. Another primary sector in the Inland South was mining. The Secondary Sector involves the headquarters of Federal Express (FedEx) because its in the center of nationwide markets. The region has military bases for tertiary and quaternary sectors.


Source: 
The Geography of North America, 2nd Edition
Hardwick, Shelley, Holtgrieve

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