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Regions of Alaska

Regions of Alaska. Alaska is divided into five different regions. Far North, Interior, Southwest, Southcentral, and Southeast. Each of these regions vary greatly from their climate to their physical surroundings.

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Regions of Alaska

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  1. Regions of Alaska • Alaska is divided into five different regions. • Far North, Interior, Southwest, Southcentral, and Southeast. Each of these regions vary greatly from their climate to their physical surroundings Each of these regions have something special that they bring to the state may it be salmon, oil, gold, or furs.

  2. Southeast Alaska has many small villages in towns but the largest city in Southeast is Juneau. Around 42% of Southeast’s population live in Juneau. Southeast Alaska is classified as a rainforest and this rainforest maintains a temperate climate. Sometimes up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and down to a few degrees below 0 in the winter. According to the Census Southeast Alaska has about 73,000 residents. Southeast Alaska is well known for having a large commercial fishing fleet. By having large quantities of salmon, halibut, crab, and shrimp it sustains many of its residents with food and money.

  3. Southwest Alaska, like Southeast, has a very large fishing fleet which brings a lot of business into Southwest. Fisheries like the Bering Sea crab fishery, Pollock trawling, and Bristol Bay sockeye gill netting. Southwest Alaska Southwest Alaska is a very large piece of Alaska with the Aleutian Chain stretching over 500 miles into the Bering Sea. Within these 500 miles there are many volcanoes. Many of these volcanoes are currently active such as Mount Redoubt, Mount Iliamna, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Southwest Alaska has approximately 54,000 residents currently. Bethel Bristol Bay Kodiak Dutch Harbor Southwest Alaska’s climate is described as subarctic ocean climate.

  4. Southcentral Alaska is known to be the most populated region of Alaska. This is because of the large amount of people who live in Anchorage. Southcentral Alaska The population of Southcentral Alaska is about 300,000 residents. Glennallen Palmer Anchorage Valdez The climate of Southcentral is described as subarctic with temps ranging from 65 degrees Fahrenheit to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Kenai Cordova Homer Southcentral is also very mountainous. Mountains such as: Kenai Mountains, Chugach Mountains, Talkeetna Mountains, Wrangell Mountains, and the Alaska Range. Southcentral also has many active and dormant volcanoes like: Mount Churchill, Mount Drum, Mount Wrangell, and Mount Augustine. Anchorage is also the receiving end of the Alaska Pipeline. It receives large quantities of oil daily in which it ships off to its next destination.

  5. The Interior of Alaska is the largest region in Alaska. Interior of Alaska Its largest city is Fairbanks. Other than Fairbanks this region has small native villages. The majority of the Interior region is uninhabited wilderness. The Interior is also home to the highest point in North America, Mount McKinley. Mount McKinley is also well known as Denali. The Interior region has a large amount of the Yukon River running through it.

  6. The Far North region is an extremely important region for Alaska. Far North In the Far North region, at Prudhoe Bay, is a big refinery. This refinery sends of thousands of barrels of oil a day down to Anchorage. The name of this region, Far North, is self-explanatory, but it does include as far south as Nome in the region. The population of the Far North region is only about 10,500 people! This region is mainly tundra that gets very cold. Sometimes upwards of 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer all the way down to -35 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter! The Far North is also known for having Aurora Borealis as a common sight.

  7. Works Cited • Map of Southeast Alaska - http://www.alaskaboathunts.com/akmap.shtml • Map of Southwest Alaska - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Southwest_Alaska_Stub.png • Map of South-central Alaska - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Southcentral_Alaska_Stub.png • Map of the Interior of Alaska - http://www.toursaver.com/alaska-interior-map • Map of the Arctic of Alaska – http://www.travelalaska.com/Destinations/Regions/Far%20North.aspx • Map of all the regions of Alaska - http://www.alaskafishguides.com/fishinginfo_map.htm • Residents of Alaska –Wikipedia contributors. “List of U.S. states and territories by population.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Feb. 2013. Web. 6 Feb. 2013. • Information about Southeast Alaska –– Wikipedia contributors. “Southeast Alaska.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 27 Jan. 2013. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. • Information about Southcentral Alaska – Wikipedia contributors. “Southcentral Alaska.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 1 Dec. 2012. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. • Information about Southwest Alaska – Wikipedia contributors. “Southwest Alaska.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 Oct. 2012. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. • Information about Interior – Wikipedia contributors. “Alaska Interior.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 Feb. 2013. Web. 7 Feb. 2013. • Information about Arctic – Wikipedia contributors. “Arctic Alaska.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 Sep. 2012. Web. 8 Feb. 2013.

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