OHIO’S
REGIONS
HERE ARE SOME
MAPS, FACTS AND
PICTURES OF
OHIO’S REGIONS.
OHIO HAS 4 MAIN REGIONS:
1) LAKE PLAINS
2) TILL PLAINS
3) APPALACHIAN PLATEAU
4) BLUEGRASS
HERE’S A MAP OF THE REGIONS
LAKE PLAINS
TILL
PLAINS
BLUEGRASS
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU
YOU CAN
HAVE A
MUCH MORE
DETAILED
MAP OF THE
REGIONS OF
OHIO, LIKE
THIS ONE,
BUT THE 4
MAIN
REGIONS IS
WHAT YOU
NEED TO
KNOW!!!
HERE’S A
REALLY
GOOD
MAP OF
THE 4
REGIONS
OF OHIO
FOR YOU
TO
KNOW!!!
LAKE PLAINS
HERE ARE SOME
PICTURES OF OHIO SHORE
OF LAKE ERIE AND SOME
OF THE FLAT LAND
AROUND LAKE ERIE, THE
LAKE PLAIN.
THE LAKE PLAINS
ARE A FLAT AREA
WITH GOOD SOIL
FOR GROWING
CROPS.
THE TWO LARGE CITIES
OF THE LAKE REGION
ARE:
CLEVELAND AND
TOLEDO.
CLEVELAND
TOLEDO
FRUITS ARE FARMED
IN THE LAKE REGION,
ESPECIALLY GRAPES
USED TO MAKE WINE.
THE LAKE REGION ALSO
GROWS OTHER CROPS
SUCH AS CORN AND BEANS.
THERE ARE SOME
MANUFACTURING AREAS IN
THE LAKE REGION,
ESPECIALLY IN THE TOLEDO
AND CLEVELAND AREAS.
NOW LET’S
LOOK AT THE
TILL PLAINS
TILL
PLAINS
THE MAJOR CITIES
IN THE TILL
PLAINS ARE
COLUMBUS,
DAYTON AND
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI
COLUMBUS DAYTON
THERE IS A GREAT
DEAL OF FARMING
OF CORN AND
BEANS ON THE TILL
PLAINS.
MANUFACTURING OCCURS IN THE
CITIES OF THE TILL PLAINS:
CINCINNATI MAKES SOAP
PRODUCTS AT P&G
DAYTON MAKES BUSINESS
MACHINES AT NCR
COLUMBUS IS AN
INFORMATION CENTER
AS THE CAPITAL OF
OHIO AND WHERE
OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY IS
LOCATED.
THE APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU IS A PLACE WITH
HILLS LEADING TOWARD
THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS. THERE IS A
LOT OF VARIETY OF
ACTIVITIES IN THE
APPALACHIAN PLATEAU.
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU
THERE ARE 3 LARGER
CITIES IN THE
APPALACHIAN PLATEAU:
CANTON, YOUNGSTOWN
AND AKRON.
AKRON
CANTON
YOUNGSTOWN
THE APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU HAS
BEAUTIFUL ROLLING
HILLS. THE AREA IS A
PLACE OF VARIOUS
TYPES OF MINING AND
FORESTRY.
HERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF
THE APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU REGION. THE
LAST SLIDE IS A “Y”
SHAPED BRIDGE
LOCATED IN ZANESVILLE,
OHIO.
THERE IS COAL MINING IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO. MOST
OF THE MINING IS STRIP
MINING BECAUSE THE
COAL IS NEAR THE
SURFACE. THE NEXT
PICTURES SHOW HOW
SOME OF THE COAL IS
MINED IN OHIO.
ANOTHER TYPE OF MINING
DONE IN THE APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU IS GYPSUM MINING.
GYPSUM IS A MINERAL. IT IS
OFTEN CRUSHED AND
MOLDED INTO SHAPES SUCH
AS SHEET ROCK USED TO
BUILD WALLS IN BUILDINGS.
AN OHIO GYPSUM MINE
GYPSUM CRYSTALS
GYPSUM WALLBOARD
THERE IS ALSO
LIMESTONE MINING
DONE IN SOUTHWEST
OHIO. THE FOLLOWING
PICTURES ARE OF SOME
OF THE LIMESTONE
MINES IN OHIO.
ALONG WITH MINING IN
THE APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU, THERE IS
LUMBERING, CUTTING
DOWN TREES FOR
CONSTRUCTION
PURPOSES AND FOR
PAPER.
THE FOLLOWING MAP
SHOWS THE FORESTS
IN OHIO. YOU CAN
SEE HOW MUCH OF
THE FOREST IS IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO.
THE FOLLOWING
PICTURES SHOW
SOME DIFFERENT
SCENES OF
LUMBERING IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO.
FINALLY, LET’S LOOK AT THE
BLUEGRASS REGION. THE
BLUEGRASS REGION IS THE
SMALLEST REGION IN THE
STATE. IT IS KNOWN FOR
TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND
THE DISTINCTIVE GRASS THAT
GROWS THERE CALLED
“BLUEGRASS.”
BLUEGRASS
RIPLEY, OHIO IN
THE BLUGRASS
REGION
A TOBACCO
BARN
AN OHIO BLUEGRASS BAND
A RIVER ROAD IN THE
BLUEGRASS
THESE ARE THE FOUR
OHIO REGIONS AND
SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT THEM. MAKE
SURE YOU KNOW THE
REGIONS OF OHIO.
LAKE PLAINS
TILL
PLAINS
BLUEGRASS
APPALACHIAN
PLATEAU