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UNIT 1 REVIEW TEACHER’S NOTES

UNIT 1 REVIEW TEACHER’S NOTES. by Jolene Bevill , ISWa SOC111 Teacher. Difference between high and low points of an area:. Understanding Local Relief. Three Major Climates. West Coast Marine Highland Semiarid. Rainshadow Effect: The effect of mountains on weather and climate.

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UNIT 1 REVIEW TEACHER’S NOTES

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  1. UNIT 1 REVIEW TEACHER’S NOTES by Jolene Bevill, ISWa SOC111 Teacher

  2. Difference between high and low points of an area: Understanding Local Relief

  3. Three Major Climates West Coast Marine Highland Semiarid

  4. Rainshadow Effect: The effect of mountains on weather and climate

  5. What’s the difference? Weather Climate

  6. Boundaries of Washington North? South? East? West? North and South Parallels?

  7. Early Geography • Original western coastline • Blue & Rocky Mountains • Three glacial lobes and their impact • Puget – harbors & waterways • Okanogan – blocked Columbia R. • Polson – created L. Missoula • Glaciation • Channeled Scablands • Till deposits resulting in Palouse Hills • Volcanic Action • Major basalt deposits • Created Columbia Plateau

  8. Two Environmental Regions WESTERN EASTERN

  9. Agriculture of the Columbia Plateau STAR of the show!

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