Download FORMAL REGION

FORMAL REGION
• One with clear boundaries, defined by at least one
common human or physical characteristic.
• FACTS, boundaries that can be PROVEN!
Examples:
Corn Belt
Rust Belt
Amazon River Basin
Climate zones
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FUNCTIONAL REGION
• An area defined by one function that may cross political
boundaries that HAS A USE (FUNCTION)!
•A region formed by a set of places and their functional integration (Ex.
River systems, Highways, Railroads systems, Communication systems,
etc.)
Example:
• Ft. Worth/Dallas Metroplex
• Utilities
• Electricity
• Pizza delivery
• Phone service
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Perceptual Region
• A region that is marked by unique human
ideas or perceptions. OPINIONS!
• Examples:
– The “South” v. the “North”
– The “Middle East” v. “Southwest Asia”
– “Dixie” or “Deep South”
– “The Big Apple”
– Hillbillies live there
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Mapping
Planet Earth
• 4 Spheres
– Hydrosphere
WATER
Planet Earth
• 4 Spheres
– Lithosphere
LAND
Planet Earth
• 4 Spheres
– Atmosphere
AIR
Planet Earth
• 4 Spheres
– Biosphere
LIFE
Forces of Change
• Earth’s layers
– Inner Core
– Outer Core
– Mantle
– Crust
Forces of Change
• Plate Movement
– Pangaea
Forces of Change
• Plate Tectonics
• Plate Movement
– Convection
• Inside the mantle, a semi-solid rock is heated and it
expands and becomes less dense.
– Gravity
• When oceanic and land plates collide the dense oceanic
plate is pulled by gravity under the lighter land plate.