Houston Texas
by: Abigail Thill
Humans and their envionment
In Houston there is one major natural resource. It is oil. The weather down there is not too cold and not too hot. The wormest is 94.4F (34.7C). the coldest is 53.1F (11.7C). Down in Houston Texas there is olny one major industry and that is energy.
Physical Features
Houston lies near the Gulf of Mexico. The waterway of San Jacinto River encompassed by the man-made ship channel of Houston. In the past 40 years Houston has been hit by 2 hurricanes. Carla in 1960 and Alicia in 1983
map of city
Houstons cordanents are 29.7628N,95.3831W.
map of continent
Houston Texas is on the continent of North America.
Transportation, Clothes and food
Transportation: some major transportation in houstion is by car, the metro, airplanes, bikes and a ferry.
Clothing: some clothing you would want to ware is a light jacket, long pants and a long sleeve shirt. You also might ware are a short sleeve shirt and shorts.
Food: some foods you might eat there are BBQ pork spring rollm, thai dumplings and beans.
Tourist Places
There are a lot of places to visite while your at Houston Texas. Here are 5 of them. 1. The Galleria, 2. Kemah Boaredwalk, 3. Downtown Aquarium, 4. Houstons zoo and 5. The Rothko Chaple.
The Galleria
The Galleria first opened on November 16th, 1970. In February 1989 the galleria was 93 percent occupied, making in the mall with the fifth highest percentage of occupied space in Houston
Kemah Boardwalk
Kemah Boardwalk was built entirely a long the Galveston bay and the Clear Lake. The Boardwalk is a 60- acre piece of land.
Downtown Aquarium
At the aquarium you will see a giant octopus, wolf eel, moray eel, clownfish, and bullfrogs. The aquarium was developed by two landmarks: fire station no.1 and the Central Waterworks building.
Houston Zoo
They have over 6000 animals there. There are over 1.84 millon people who visite the animals each year.
Rothko Chapel
The Rothko Chapel is an independent insitution. It is a sacred place open to all people everyday.
About the Region
In Houston they speack 3 diffeerent kinds of language. English, Spanish and French. There are alot of different kinds of Ethnicity. Im only gonna name 2, Haspanic and Latino. There are 6 different kinds of religon. 18.44 percent are catholic, 1.10 percent are LDS, 9.25 percent are other crishtion faith, 0.53 percent are jewish, 0.63 percent are easteren faith, and 2.86 percent are isiam
Interesting facts
Houston has 2.3 millon people living there. It is the 4th most popular city in the U.S.A. According to Forbes Houston rankes first among the U.S where there paycheacks stretch furthest.