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Nevada's Geographic Features and Interactions

Explore Nevada's diverse geography through human-environment interaction, physical characteristics, human characteristics, movement, location, and regions. Learn how people adapt, modify, and depend on their environment, the state's physical features, cultural aspects, and regional classifications. Discover the interconnectedness of places within Nevada and the world.

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Nevada's Geographic Features and Interactions

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  1. The 5 Themes of Geography: A Framework for Studying the World

  2. Theme 1: Human Environment Interaction • How people interact with their environment • Where is it? How people……. • adapt to their environment • modify their environment • depend on their environment

  3. Nevada: Human Environment Interaction

  4. Theme 2: Place Physical Characteristics • Land features • Mountains • Plains • Plateaus • Hills • Bodies of water

  5. Nevada: Physical Characteristics

  6. Theme 2: PlaceHuman Characteristics • People • Culture • Language • Values • Beliefs • Religion • Buildings • Landmarks • Cities

  7. Nevada: Human Characteristics

  8. Theme 3: Movement The mobility of…. • people • goods • services • ideas How places are linked together and to the world

  9. Nevada: Movement

  10. Theme 4: Location • Two types of location • Absolute • Relative • Why is it there?

  11. Absolute Location • A specific place on the earth’s surface Longitude) • Uses a grid system (Latitude and

  12. Nevada Absolute Location • Las Vegas • 36ºNorth, 115ºWest • Reno • 39ºNorth, 119ºWest

  13. Relative Location • Where a place is in relationship to another place Uses directional words to describe -Cardinal and intermediate directions

  14. Nevada Relative Location • Nevada is bordered by Idaho and Oregon to the north, California to the west and Utah to the east. OR ID • Nevada is one of the Southwestern states. UT • Nevada is one of the Western states. CA AZ

  15. Theme 5: Region What places have in common • Natural or Physical- landforms, climate, physical features • Human- economic, political, human characteristics • Composite- ecosystems, • culture The Middle East

  16. Nevada: Regions • Nevada is part of the “Southwest” • Nevada is part of the “Great Basin”

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