2. Lesson 34
The Southwest

3. General Characteristics
Great Basin: A bowl of low, rugged land between the Columbia and Colorado Plateau.
Old Spanish towns.
Indian Reservations
Deserts

4. Great Basin States Utah
Salt Lake City is the headquarters of the Mormon church.
Salt flats form when parts of the lake dry up.

5. Arches National Park has the most natural arches in the world.

6. Bryce Canyon is famous for its hoodoos.
Hoodoos: Columns of naturally shaped pinnacles and spires.

7. Nevada Leads the nation in silver production. Driest state in the U.S.
Hoover Dam and Lake Mead provides water to parts of Nevada, Arizona, and California.

9. Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world and has more neon signs per square mile than any place in the world..

10. The Old Southwest New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns is considered to be the most beautiful caverns in the world.

11. The first atomic explosion occurred at White Sands.

12. Roswell is the UFO capital of the world.

13. Arizona America’s leading copper mine is in the Sonoran Desert.
The Grand Canyon is one of the natural wonders of the world.

15. Phoenix is the largest city in the eight interior western states.
The Navaho Reservation is the largest Indian reservation in America.

16. Homework
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