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MISSISSIPPI STUDIES Chapter 1 Notes LOCATION-WHERE SOMETHING IS ON EARTH PLACE-HAS CHARACTERISTICS HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION-HOW HUMANS USE A PLACE. MOVEMENT-WHY DO HUMANS LIVE WHERE THEY LIVE REGIONS-PLACES THAT SHARE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS. 5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY 1. THE DELTA REGION- NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI 2. THE HILLS REGION-IN CENTRAL AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI 3. THE PINEY WOODS REGIONSOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. (THIS IS THE REGION WE LIVE IN) 4. THE COASTAL REGION-ON THE GULF OF MEXICO 4 REGIONS IN MISSISSIPPI GULFPORT-HARRISON COUNTY BILOXI-HARRISON COUNTY PASCAGOULA-JACKSON COUNTY OCEAN SPRINGS-JACKSON COUNTY BAY ST. LOUIS-HANCOCK COUNTY MAJOR CITIES IN THE COASTAL REGION 1. 2. 3. 4. VICKSBURG TUNICA YAZOO CITY GREENEVILLE MAJOR CITIES IN THE DELTA REGION 1. 2. 3. 4. OXFORD-(This is where Ole Miss is) TUPELO- (The birthplace of Elvis) BRUCE HERNANDO MAJOR CITIES IN THE HILLS REGION 1. 2. 3. 4. HATTIESBURG LAUREL BROOKHAVEN McCOMB MAJOR CITIES IN THE PINEY WOODS REGION 62 DEGREES JANUARY IS THE COLDEST MONTH HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN MISSISSIPPI WAS 115 DEGREES (This happened in July 1930) THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GET THE HOTTER IT GETS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MISSISSIPPI THE CLIMATE IN MISSISSIPPI IS A HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN MISSISSIPPI IS: -52 INCHES A YEAR -THE MOST RAINFALL OCCURS DURING THE WINTER (NOVEMBER-MID MARCH) -THE LEAST RAINFALL OCCURS DURING THE SPRING (MID MARCH-MAY) CLIMATE AND PRECIPITATION OF MISSISSIPPI THUNDERSTORMS TORNADOES HAIL STORMS HURRICANES FLOODS LIGHTNING NATURAL HAZARDS IN MISSISSIPPI MOSTLY OCCUR DURING SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER WHEN THE MOIST AIR MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO MEETS COLDER AIR COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITED STATES. TORNADOES….. HURRICANE SEASON IN MISSISSIPPI IS FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER MAJOR SIDE EFFECT OF HURRICANES IS FLOODING IN OUR AREA. BIGGEST HURRICANE TO HIT MISSISSIPPI WAS CAMMILE IN 1969. MOST DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE WAS KATRINA. HURRICANES SURFACE WATER-LAKES, PONDS, RIVERS, AND THE OCEAN WATER IN MISSISSIPPI IS USED PRIMARILY FOR IRRIGATION WATER RESOURCES THE WESTERN BORDER OF MISSISSIPPI IS FORMED BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE FIVE LARGEST RIVER SYSTEMS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE YAZOO, PASCAGOULA, PEARL,THE TOMBIGBEE, AND THE BIG BLACK RIVERS SIX MAJOR RESERVOIRS ARE 1.PICKWICK LAKE 2. ARKABUTLA LAKE 3. SARDIS LAKE 4. ENID LAKE 5. GRENADA LAKE 6. ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR RESERVOIRS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LONGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES THE MISSISSIPPI IS ABOUT 100 FEET DEEP AT ITS DEEPEST POINT THE RIVER IS USED TO CARY GOODS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY BARGES. THE OLDEST SETTLEMENT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS NATCHEZ FORMS THE BOUNDARY OF MANY STATES LANDFORM REGIONS 1.THE TOMBIGBEE HILLS 2. THE BLACK PRARIE 3. THE PONTOTOC RIDGE 4. THE FLATWOODS 5. THE NORTH CENTRAL HILLS 6. THE LOESS HILLS 7. THE YAZOO BASIN 8. THE COASTAL MEADOWS CHAPTER 2 9. THE JACKSON PRAIRIE MISSISSIPPI’S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NORTHEASTERN REGION AVERAGE ELEVATION(650 FEET) ONE OF THE MOST RUGGED PARTS OF THE STATE. USING THE MAP ON PAGE 419, WRITE DOWN WHICH COUNTIES THESE HILLS ARE IN. THE TOMBIGBEE HILLS ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS OF THE STATE TO BE SETTLED. FLAT TO GENTLY ROLLING NAMED FOR THE COLOR OF THE SOIL CATTLE, SOYBEANS, AND HAY ARE THE MAIN CROPS THE BLACK PRARIE HAVE VARIOUS TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES COVERED IN SHORTLEAF AND LOBLOLLY PINES THE NORTH CENTRAL HILLS ALSO KNOWN AS THE DELTA MOST EXTENSIVE AND PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGION IN THE STATE. YAZOO BASIN MOSTLY FLAT BECAUSE OF LIMESTONE UNDER THE GROUND, THIS REGION IS ABLE TO HAVE A CEMENT INDUSTRY. THE JACKSON PRARIE THIS IS WHICH LANDFORM REGION WE LIVE IN MOSTLY KNOWN FOR THE SLASH AND LOBLOLLY PINE TREES DO “IT’S YOUR TURN ON PAGE 28” QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #’S 1&2. THIS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AT THE MOST THE PINE HILLS COTTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CROPS GROWN IN MISSISSIPPI. COTTON AREAS WITH WARM, MOIST CLIMATES DEVELOP THE BEST SOIL SOIL 1. 2. 3. 4. HILLS ALLUVIAL PLAIN LOESS HILLS BLACK PRAIRIE 4 SOIL REGIONS IN MISSISSIPPI IN THE DELTA REGION THIS SOIL IS WET AND PERIODICALLY COVERED WITH WATER. THIS SOILD IS VERY FERTILE(GOOD FOR GROWING THINGS) MOST OF THE ALLUVIAL SOIL IN THE DELTA REGION IS VERY RICH AND DARK IN COLOR. THE DELTA REGION IS THE MOST AGRICULTURALLY PRODUCTIVE REGION ALLUVIAL SOIL APPROXIMATELY 55% OF MISSISSIPPI IS FORESTED. MAGNOLIAS ARE OUR STATE TREE AND FLOWER SLASH AND LOBLOLLY PINE, OAKS, GUM, AND CYPRESS ARE THE MOST COMMON TREES IN MISSISSIPPI. FLORA(NATURAL VEGITATION) GAME ANIMALS(ANIMALS THAT ARE HUNTED AND EATEN) INCLUDE SQUIRRELS, WHITE-TAILED DEER, AND RABBIT. OTHER ANIMALS ARE RACOONS, OPOSSUMS, AND FOXES. FAUNA(ANIMAL LIFE) GAME BIRDS- TURKEYS AND THE BOBWHITE QUAIL MIGRATORY BIRDS(BIRDS THAT MIGRATE) INCLUDE MOURNING DOVES AND GEESE BIRDS THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRESHWATER FISH IN OUR STATE SPORT FISH MAINLY INCLUDE LARGEMOUTH BASS, BREAM, BLUGILL AND CATFISH. COASTAL (GULF OF MEXICO) FISH SPANISH MAKREL, KING MACKEREL, AND REDFISH FISH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ECOREGIONS 1.AGRICULTURE-INCLUDES FERTILE FIELDS AND PLAINS. 2. AQUATIC-INCLUDES LIFEFORMS OF FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER MARINE ENVIRONMENTS. 3. TERRESTRIAL-INCLUDES LAND PLANTS AND ANIMALS MISSISSIPPI’S ECOREGIONS PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND HUMANS ALL EXIST IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT PRODUCES AIR, WATER, AND FOOD AND FUNCTION SIMILARLY. ORBITING SATELLITES WITH PLATFORMS CARRYING SENSING DEVICES ARE MAINLY USED TO PHOTOGRAPH EARTH’S SURFACE. ECOREGIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. COASTAL MEADOWS HILLY COASTAL PLAIN LOESS/BLUFF HILLS ALLUVIAL PLAIN 4 MAJOR ECOREGIONS IN MISSISSIPPI EXTENDS ALONG THE GULF COAST CONTAINS FLAT PLAINS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL LAGOONS, MARSHES, AND SWAMPY LOWLANDS. HIGHLY URBANIZED WITH SEVERAL CITIES SUCH AS GULFPORT, PASCAGOULA, AND BILOXI COASTAL MEADOWS COVERS OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL AREA OF MISSISSIPPI CITIES INCLUDE HATTIESBURG, LAUREL, MERIDIAN, AND PHILADELPHIA HILLY COASTAL PLAINS SOIL HERE IS SUBJECT TO EROSION MAJOR CITIES ARE JACKSON, BROOKHAVEN, CANTON, AND MCCOMB LOESS/BLUFF HILLS CONTAINS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTINUOUS WETLAND SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES. MAJOR CITIES ARE VICKSBURG, GREENVILLE, GREENWOOD, CLEVELAND, AND CLARKSDALE. THE ALLUVIAL PLAIN
