Cherokee_Climate&Geographical_fall

=Climate and Geographical Facts = =Gillian Walker = (Back to Fall ) o Located in Southern US; The southern Appalachian Mountains: including western North and South Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama, southwest Virginia, and the Cumberland Basin of Tennessee, Kentucky, and northern Alabama. (http://tolatsga.org/Cherokee1.html) o Now mostly in eastern Oklahoma and other states such as Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas and Southwest Virginia. (http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/cherokee.html) (http://tolatsga.org/Cherokee1.html) o Now 66,000 acres of land, as well as 96 miles of the Arkansas Riverbed o Ranging from humid subtropical in the south to humid continental in the north (of the Cherokee boundary). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Climatemapusa2.PNG) o Hills and low mountains (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html) o Narrow valleys and wooded ridges (North Georgia) (http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ga_geography.htm) o Broad, fertile valleys separated by parallel ridges of sandstone (north Georgia) o Mountain peaks rise 2,000 to almost 5,000 feet above sea level (North Georgia) o Hardwoods and pine softwoods (North Georgia) o Rivers and waterfalls (Central Georgia) o Rivers and steep valley walls separated by broad flat areas (Oklahoma) (http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm) o Very fertile; cattle, spinach, beans and carrots (Oklahoma) o Spring-fed streams run through sandstone ridges (Oklahoma) o The Sandstone Hills are from 250 to 400 feet high (Oklahoma) o Tornadoes common in that area. o Animals such as; bald eagles, alligators, elk, river otter, bobcat, mountain lion, great blue heron, road runner and many more (http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/species.htm)



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Sources: http://tolatsga.org/Cherokee1.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/cherokee.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Climatemapusa2.PNG (did not use wikipedia info, just a map from the website) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ga_geography.htm http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/species.htm

Pictures: http://www.ok.gov/~arts/p/permart/paintings/hurley/boggy.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/354499127_fd51b10016.jpg?v=0 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/354499127_fd51b10016.jpg?v=0 http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/azmasternaturalist/Dave%20Menke%20bald.jpg