Southwest region
By evan hays, mollie fithian, caleb head, Mariah Reynolds
Southwest geography
Grand Canyon is considered one of the worlds 7 wonders
The Sonora desert is the hottest desert in North America
The rio grande is a 1900 mile long river
The Colorado river goes through 1450 miles of mountains and deserts
The gila river is 649 miles flowing through Arizona and New Mexico
The climate there is very hot in the summer and decent in the winter in the summer it's usually 100 degrees ferinhite
History of the southwest
A important event of Hoover Dam is when when everybody built it because it took two years to build it. The workers got two days off and they were Christmas, and the 4th of July. Another event is when people sometimes run a marathon around the Grand Canyon.
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Movement
People get around by trains to get what they need from gas stations
People get around by subway to get what they need from different places
regions
garlic- leaches attach faster with garlic on your hand
carrots- just one medium corrot or a handful of baby carrots counts as one serving of your daily veggies.
potatoes- there are different types of potatoes
carrots- washinton ranks first in the nation in production of fresh carrots. Purple carrots contain purple pigemets called anthocyanins, which act as anti-oxidants that protect the body. Americans eat, on average, 10.6 lbs. of fresh carrots per person per year.