THE INTERIOR WEST CHAPTER #8.  The Interior West consists of: –the Great Plains –the Rocky Mtns. –Intermountain West.

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THE INTERIOR WEST CHAPTER #8

 The Interior West consists of: –the Great Plains –the Rocky Mtns. –Intermountain West

The Great Plains: --East of the Rocky Mtns.

Climate of the Great Plains: -Climate *hazards? -chinook wind -Vegetation

Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam… What happened to the buffalo & Native Americans? Who was Buffalo Bill Cody?

Homestead Act Purpose? -Effect on the Open Range?

Irrigation in the Plains: -Why is irrigation necessary here? -Ogallala Aquifer? -Center Pivot irrigation?

The Rocky Mountains  Continental Divide?  Tree line?

Resources: -Strip mining? -Land reclamation? -Wyoming (video) video

Rocky Mountain Economics:

Intermountain West:

Water Resources  Colorado River ( “lifeblood of the Southwest”) –Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Hoover Dam Hoover Dam  Lake Mead and Lake Powell  Uses?  Aqueduct?

the GRAND canyon

Agriculture (courtesy of the Colorado River) -Colorado River -Aqueduct? *L.A. Aqueduct

Government Owned Lands:  Yucca Mountain, Nevada  Nuclear Test Sites  NORAD in Colorado NORAD –Inside Cheyenne Mtn.

Yucca Mountain

 1. Canisters of waste, sealed in special casks, are shipped to the site by truck or train. 2. Shipping casks are removed, and the inner tube with the waste is placed in a steel, multilayered storage container. 3. An automated system sends storage containers underground to the tunnels. 4. Containers are stored along the tunnels, on their side.

Timeline of operation, upon approval

People of Salt Lake City:

Human geography