1. WESTERN STATES GEOGRAPHY ALASKA, HAWAII, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, WYOMING,COLORADO, NEVADA, ARIZONA. UTAH, NEW MEXICO

2. LOCATION IN THE U.S.

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4. DIVIDED INTO SUB REGIONS PACIFIC STATES & CAPITALS –HAWAII--HONOLULU –ALASKA--JUNEAU –CALIFORNIA--SACRAMENTO –OREGON--SALEM –WASHINGTON--OLYMPIA

5. Pacific States

6. MOUNTAIN STATES & CAPITALS ARIZONA--PHOENIX NEVADA--CARSON CITY UTAH--SALT LAKE CITY IDAHO--BOISE NEW MEXICO--SANTA FE COLORADO--DENVER WYOMING--CHEYENNE MONTANA--HELENA

7. THE MOUNTAIN STATES

8. WESTERN STATES AREA & POPULATION THE LARGEST REGION, BY AREA, MAKING UP NEARLY 50% OF U.S. CONTAINS OVER 91 MILLION PEOPLE--BUT FEWEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE –POPULATION DENSITY MOST DIVERSITY IN CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHY

9. IMPORTANT MOUNTAINS ROCKY MOUNTAINS –LARGEST RANGE IN U.S. –STRETCHES FROM ALASKA TO NEW MEXICO –TALLEST MOUNTAINS OF THIS CHAIN ARE IN COLORADO –CALLED THE “CONTINENTAL DIVIDE”

10. COASTAL MOUNTAINS –ALONG PACIFIC COASTLINE –AFFECT RAINFALL

11. CASCADE MOUNTAINS –NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BETWEEN COASTALS AND ROCKIES –INCLUDES MT. SHASTA

12. THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS –SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS BETWEEN COASTALS AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES

13. THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERTS OF THE WEST LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES INCLUDES THE –M–MOJAVE DESERT –S–SONORAN DESERT –G–GREAT BASIN DESERT –C–CHIHUAHUA DESERT

14. WESTERN RIVERS COLUMBIA RIVER- LOCATED IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST –TRIBUTARY IS THE SNAKE RIVER –CREATES THE MULTNOMAH FALLS

15. COLORADO RIVER FLOWS THROUGH THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. MAJOR SOURCE OF WATER AND POWER. CREATES HOOVER DAM!

16. COLORADO RIVER CREATES THE FAMOUS GRAND CANYON ONE OF THE GREAT TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF THE WEST. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvzlZ uWrJNwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvzlZ uWrJNw

17. CLIMATE REGIONS OF THE WEST SEMI-ARID TO ARID (LITTLE RAINFALL) –SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, RENO, NEVADA, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO DECIDUOUS AND CONIFEROUS –AMPLE RAINFALL, MANY TREES AND VEGETATION –OREGON, WASHINGTON, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WET TROPICAL CLIMATE –HAWAII COLD TUNDRA REGION –SPARSE GRASS AND VEGETATION OF ALASKA

18. CLIMATES VARY A GREAT DEAL LOW ELEVATIONS-- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-- HAWAII –WARM-HOT SUMMERS AND LITTLE SNOW HIGHER ELEVATIONS--MONTANA & WYOMING –WARM SUMMERS WITH HEAVY AND EARLY SNOW DESERT SOUTHWEST--ARIZONA & NEVADA –VERY HOT SUMMERS -MILD WINTERS NORTHWEST--OREGON AND WASHINGTON –CONTINENTAL CLIMATE

19. NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE WEST GOLD AND SILVER STRIKES OF THE 1800’S DREW PEOPLE TO THE SOUTH WEST PEOPLE INVESTED THEIR MONEY IN MINING COMPANIES THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH OF 1849 BROUGHT THOUSANDS TO CALIFORNIA

20. ALASKA CONSIDERED THE STATE WITH THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES. –GOLD DISCOVERED IN 1894 TODAY ALASKA IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS TO THE OTHER STATES

21. OTHER IMPORTANT RESOURCES OIL IN THE SOUTHWEST AND MOUNTAIN REGIONS OF MONTANA GOLD AND SILVER DEPOSITS IN ALASKA AND SOUTHWEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER-- NORTHWEST AND FROM HOOVER DAM

22. KEY INDUSTRIES OF THE NORTHWEST THE FISHING INDUSTRY--OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND ALASKA. –BRINGS IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR. THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY-2nd dominant industry! –PROVIDES OVER 50% OF U.S. LUMBER

23. AGRICULTURE OF THE WESTERN REGIONS BEEF CATTLE--RANCHES OF THE SOUTHWEST AND THE AREAS OF MONTANA AND WYOMING. DAIRY CATTLE --OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON.

24. AGRICULTURE OF THE WESTERN REGION APPLES OF WASHINGTON STATE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmCRchd5 k08http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmCRchd5 k08 CITRUS FRUIT OF CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST. IDAHO POTATOES WHEAT OF EASTERN MONTANA AND WYOMING

25. MAJOR CITIES OF THE WESTERN REGION WESTERN CITIES GREW AS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVED. –TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD OF 1869 –CITIES LIVING BETTER THAN LIVING IN HARSH LANDS OF SOUTHWEST AND MOUNTAINS SOME CITIES HAD TO DEVELOP WAYS TO GET WATER TO THEIR CITIES. –SALT LAKE CITY ESTABLISHED IRRIGATION –LOS ANGELES BUILT AQUEDUCTS TO BRING WATER FROM THE MOUNTAINS