Transcript Arizona Geography Power Point

Arizona Notes
• Learning Goals:
• Explain (analyze) how
modification in one
place (e.g., canals,
dams, farming
techniques,
industrialization) often
leads to changes in
other locations.
• Describe the different
landforms in Arizona.
Journal Question: You have just
crash landed in the Sonoran
Desert. Before the plane caught
fire your group was able to get
some items for survival. Write a
journal entry about your time in
the desert trying to survive.
1. There are three regions of Arizona:
Colorado Plateau, Central Highlands, and
Basin and Range Regions. Each of the
three regions is partly desert and partly
mountainous. Yet, each region offers a wide
variety of scenery.
2. The Colorado Plateau in northern
Arizona is where the highest elevations of
the state are found. Millions of years
ago, water covered this area and layers of
rock formed underneath.
Millions of years
ago it rained more
often in Arizona.
3. The Central Highlands are located
north of Globe near Payson on the
Mogollon Rim. Eight thousand foot
peaks, ponderosa pine forests, and deep
canyons are found in this area of Arizona.
4. The Basin and Range zone is a
particular type of land area that is
surrounded by north-south running dry
valleys and mountain ranges.
5. Because of Arizona’s
location in the desert, A
steady water supply
would be extremely
important if we were
going to survive here.
6. But population growth
and new business
development put a
strain on Arizona’s
water supply.
7. Dam construction was important to the
southwestern United States because it
was an inexpensive source of electricity,
dependable water supply for farmers, and
provides flood control.
Roosevelt Dam
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