North American Geography Quiz 5

Topography

\-Low, flat

\-Many swaps, lakes, and costal marshes

\-Sandy soil, infertile

\-Bays, estuaries, inlets, and barrier islands

\-National seashore

Swamps and Bayous

-A wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water

Bays

Estuaries

A biologically rich, mixed zone of fresh and salt water located at the interface of land and sea

Inlets/ Bay

A body of water partially enclosed by land but featuring a wide mouth, affording to the sea

Barrier Islands

A long, narrow, sand island formed offshore by wave action

Climate

\-Humid and subtropical

\-Long, hot, rainy summers

\-Mild, wet winters

Hazards

\-Hurricanes

\-Flooding

\-Thinderstorms

Immigration to coastal south

\-Cuban

\-Vietnamese

Agriculture

\-Citrus

\-Sugar

\-Rice

Tourism

\-Beaches

\-Theme parks

\-Gaming

North Carolina

South Carolina

Florida

Alabama

Mississippi

Louisiana

Texas

Wilmington, NC

Myrtle Beach, SC

Charleston, SC

Hilton Head, SC

Savannah, GA

Orlando, FL

Tampa, FL

Miami, FL

Daytona Beach, FL

Destin, FL

Biloxi, MS

New Orleans, LA

Baton Rouge, LA

Beaumont/ Port Arthur, TX

Houston/ Galveston, TX

Corpus Christi, TX

Mississippi River

Atlantic Costal Plain

Gulf Costal Plain

Galveston Bay

Cape Hatteras (Island)

Padre Island National Seashore

Mobile Bay

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Tampa Bay

Lake Okeechobee

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Gulf of Mexico

Atchafalaya Bayou