Colorado's Geography

Joe Rhatigan

Description

Explore the Mile High City including the High Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Colorado River that runs through the plateau! This engaging social studies book includes four chapters focusing on Colorado, covering the regions, geography’s effect, movement, and a master mountaineer. It includes a glossary, extension activity, guided reading questions, and other exciting features.Colorado’s Geography covers the regions of Colorado plus the climate, tourism, people, and more. This book combines stunning pictures and illustrations with detailed text to explore Colorado’s most important landscapes and landmarks.

Sujets

• États-Unis
• USA

Informations

• Publié par: Teacher Created Materials
• Date de parution: 21 juin 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9781087648460
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Read and Respond
1. Where do you live (plains, mountains,
or plateau)? How can you tell?
2. What were early settlers in the Colorado
area looking for? Did they find it?
3. Using a map, find the latitude and
longitude of your school.
4. Name two different ways geography
might affect a community .
5. How does geography affect the way
your community lives?
 

Joe Rhatigan
C o lora d o ’ s
G e o g r aph y
 

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T able of C on t ents
Chapter 1: Regions o f Colorado ............... 4
Chapter 2: Geography’ s Ef fect on Colorado .... 12
Chapter 3: Movement in Colorado ............ 24
Chapter 4: Mary Cr onin: Master Mountaineer ... 34
Glossary .................................. 38
Index ..................................... 39
Geography in Y our Community .............. 40
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C h a p te r 1
Reg ion s of C olorado
Golden prairies stretch as far as you can see.
Snow-topped mountains touch the sky . Deep
canyons and towers of colorful stone grow into
and from the earth. Can you imagine a place with
all these things? It seems like a fantasy . But it
exists. It is Colorado.
Colorado is a state in the western part of the
United States. It is easy to find on a map. Why?
Because it is a simple rectangle. It shares one
corner with New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. This
is the only place in the country where four states
meet in four perfect corners.
Colorado has three unique regions as part of its
geography . They are the High Plains, the Rocky
Mountains, and the Colorado Plateau.
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Dallas Divide
Lin es of La tit ude and Longit ude
L ati tude and long itude are lines that f orm a
numbered grid on a ma p. Latitude lines run east to
west. Lon g itude lines ru n no r t h to so uth. Y ou can
use these lines to pin point any pl ace on a ma p. They
are writ te n lik e this: 3 9 . 7 ° no r th, 1 0 5 ° west. This is
Denver’ s locat ion.
103˚W
102˚W
104˚W
105˚W 106˚W
107˚W
108˚W
106˚W
103˚W
102˚W
104˚W
105˚W 106˚W
107˚W
108˚W
106˚W
41˚N
40˚N
39˚N
38˚N
37˚N
41˚N
40˚N
39˚N
38˚N
37˚N
DENVER
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