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Our Pennsylvania Story
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Our Geographic Regions
Get toKnowMe
1. geography
2. region
3. plain
4. plateau
5. ridge
6. valley
7. piedmont
8. coastal
Do you knowwhat
geography
is? Geography is the study of the earth’s natural and
human-made features. It is also a study of where things are located andwhy they are there.
What is a
region
? A region is a section of a place that has one ormore things in
common. It could also be an area of land that has one ormore things in common. For
example, your cafeteria is a region of your school. You go there to eat your lunch, or to
have special programs, or to have gym. Your playground is another region.
Let’s stretch this idea to our state. Peoplewhomakemaps have divided our state into
regions. These regions have land that has a common look. Go to themap on the next page to
see the names of these regions. Place a ruler from the city of Erie to the city of Philadelphia.
You can draw a line through the five regions in our state. Howwill we remember
them? Can you remember the funny name EARPA? Each letter stands for the name of
a region. Let’s take a quick tour through the regions of our state.
In the chimney corner of our state is a small area of land called the Erie
Plain
. The
one thing in common this area has is that it is flat, level land.
The next region is called the Allegheny
Plateau
. A plateau has higher land than a
plain. The land can have
mountains and hills.
There aremany forests
in this region.
The next areawe
cross into is called the
Ridge
and
Valley
Region. A ridge is a
long stretch of
mountains or hills.
Between two ridges is
lower, level land called
a valley. In a classroom,
rows of desks could be
mountains. The floor
space between the rows
of desks could be valleys.
The Piedmont region hasmany rolling hills and valleys, and
is famous for its farming.
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