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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 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
What’s the difference? Weather Climate
Boundaries of Washington North? South? East? West? North and South Parallels?
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
Two Environmental Regions WESTERN EASTERN
Agriculture of the Columbia Plateau STAR of the show!