By
Elisa Lawson
Laxmi Rodulfo

• Northern Hemisphere, between the
Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer
• 65-100 degrees W
• 30-45 degrees N

• Eastern Time Zone
• Mississippi, Alabama, Wisconsin, Illinois, and some parts of Tennessee and
Kentucky are in the Central Time Zone.
• Northern area has longer days
• New York- 1 more hour daylight than Florida

• Most abundant minerals are Calcite,
Flourite, Quartz, Celestine, and
Apophillyte
• Coal, some found in the Appalachian
Mountains
• Granite, found in Smoky mountains
• Limestone, mostly along Florida
Eastern Seaboard
• Salt, in Mississippi

• North American
Plate
• East of Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
• Continental and
Oceanic Crust
• Easterly side is divergent with
Eurasian Plate

• Mostly flat coastal plains in southern areas
• Hills and farm land in the
Northwestern areas
• Not many earthquakes, but more common around the areas of the
Appalachian Mountains.

The Mississippi River
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• The Great Lakes
• Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron (or Michigan-Huron),
Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on
Earth.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Air in the Eastern United States contains an additional 2.7 parts per million of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel sources.
• In Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West
Virginia there was twice as much additional carbon dioxide in the air at 4.3 parts per million.

• O verall wind patterns and the movement of fronts in North
America are almost always from west to east
• Westerly Winds
• High Pressure in the
Northern Area
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• Low Pressure in the
Southern Area.

• Southern area is hot and humid
• Central area is temperate and humid
• Warm summers
• Northern area is cool and humid
• Cool summers
• Because of the Gulf Stream along the coast and the Atlantic Ocean, the area is mostly temperate.

• Because of the Appalachian Mountians this area has the second highest annual rainfall
• On the western side of the mountians the air rises and then descends on the eastern side. The air warms as it decreases in altitude creating warm currents and an effect called the
“ chinook winds.
”
This along with the low elevation and latitude creates higher temperatures in cities closer to the eastern side of the mountains.
• The presence of the Atlantic ocean near the Appalachian mountains makes the eastern side of the mountains not so dry. It causes the eastern side to have more precipitation.

• The saltiest of all the major oceans in the world
• The salinity ranges from 33 to 37 parts per thousand

• Hurricanes
• They form with the warm air and low pressure in the
Atlantic ocean.
• Occur mostly during late summer towards the southern area.
• Floods occur because of heavy rainfall.
• The most severe occurred in the mountains of North
Carolina and Tennessee.
• Ice Storms in the Northeastern area.
• New York, northern New Hampshire, Vermont, and
Maine.

• Mostly Temperate Deciduous Forests
• Hardwood trees
• There are some evergreen forests
• The tip of Florida is made up of
Savannahs

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• Reproductive population
• Area is growing at a steady rate.