Mother Nature’s Artistry Beautiful Physical Features of the United States.

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Mother Nature’s Artistry Beautiful Physical Features of the United States

What are Physical Features? Every place on the earth’s surface has features that distinguish it from other places on earth. Geographers divide theses features into either physical and human features. Physical features include landforms, bodies of water, climate, natural vegetation and soil.

Grand Canyon, Arizona  A large wildlife area in Arizona that looks like a giant hole in the ground.  In 1908, President Roosevelt Set aside the land and said that no one could build on it.  It is now a national park and is 277 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and one mile deep. .

Grand Canyon

Location of Grand Canyon in Arizona

Salton Sea- California  This body of water covers a surface area of 376 square miles, and is 51 feet deep at some places.  California’s largest lake.  It is a saline lake which means that it has a large amount of salt and other minerals in it.

Salton Sea

Salton Sea (at sunset)

Location of the Salton Sea in California

The Great Salt Lake- Utah  The Great Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River. Great Salt LakeGreat Salt Lake  At the current level the Great Salt Lake is approximately 75 miles long and about 35 miles wide.  Great Salt Lake is too saline (too salty) to support fish and most other aquatic species

Great Salt Lake  Taken from the International Space Station from approximately 380 km. International Space StationInternational Space Station

Great Salt Lake

Location of the Great Salt Lake in Utah

Mojave Desert  The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of Southern California and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona.  Named after the Mohave Native Americans it occupies roughly 54,000 square miles. Mohave Native AmericansMohave Native Americans  The desert has a wide range of temperatures from 0*F in the winter to 130*F in the summer. There is usually no more than 10 inches of rain per year.

Mojave Desert

Location of the Mojave Desert

Review  Grand Canyon- Arizona  Salton Sea- California  Great Salt lake- Utah  Mojave Desert- Southern California and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona

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