5th - SS Chapter 2 Geography part 2

Question 0

What is the location of the Mississippi Floodplain?

Answer 0

It parallels the Mississippi River in the eastern part of the state

Question 1

What are the five natural regions in Louisiana?

Answer 1

1. Mississippi Floodplain
2. Terraces
3. Marsh
4. Red River Valley
5. Hills

Question 2

What are the geographic features of the Mississippi Floodplain?

Answer 2

1. Natural Levees
2. Swamp
3. Passes

Question 3

What grows in the Mississippi Floodplain region?

Answer 3

Oak trees, Cypress trees, Spanish Moss, cotton

Question 4

What is the location of the Terraces Region?

Answer 4

The old Mississippi floodplains

Question 5

What are the geographic features of the Terraces Region?

Answer 5

1. Blufflands
2. Prairies
3. Flatwoods

Question 6

What grows in the Terraces Region?

Answer 6

Hay, Magnolia trees, Oak trees

Question 7

What is the location of the Marsh Region?

Answer 7

Lies along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast - south Louisiana

Question 8

What are the geographic features of the Marsh Region?

Answer 8

Salt Domes, islands, marshes

Question 9

What grows in the Marsh Region?

Answer 9

Oak trees, Salt Grass, Cord Grass, mangrove, cattails, iris, tobacco

Question 10

What is the location of the Red River Valley Region?

Answer 10

Borders the Red River as it flows from the northwestern corner of the state to central Louisiana

Question 11

What are the geographic features of the Red River Valley Region?

Answer 11

1. Levees

2. Low-lying areas

Question 12

What grows in the Red River Valley Region?

Answer 12

Fertile soil, trees such as willow, cottonwood, cypress, swamp oak

Question 13

What is the location of the Hills Region?

Answer 13

Covers much of the North Louisiana as well as the toe of the boot in the southeast

Question 14

What are the geographic features of the Hills Region?

Answer 14

Roughest terrain, Sabine Uplift (a raised area of rock folded upward), Driskill Mountain

Question 15

What grows in the Hills Region?

Answer 15

Old, not fertile, usually a reddish color soil; pine trees

Question 16

What river is sometimes called “the Nile of America”?

Answer 16

Mississippi River

Question 17

Which river drains at least part of thirty-one states?

Answer 17

Mississippi River

Question 18

What is the second largest river drainage area in Louisiana?

Answer 18

Red River

Question 19

Which river begins in New Mexico?

Answer 19

Red River

Question 20

Which river flows to Lake Borgne?

Answer 20

Pearl River

Question 21

Which river is located near the Honey Island Swamp?

Answer 21

Pearl River

Question 22

Which river forms the boundary between Louisiana and Texas?

Answer 22

Sabine River