Transcript The Northeast Region - Miss Parrett's Class

The Northeast
Region
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
and Pennsylvania.
Northeast Region
Major Landforms:
 Appalachian Mountains
 Alleghany Plateau
Major Bodies of Water:
 Atlantic Ocean
 Lake Ontario
 Lake Erie
 Hudson River
 Connecticut River
 St. Lawrence River
Maine
Capital – Augusta
Abbreviation – ME
Appalachian Mts. –
The White Mts.
in Maine are part
of this mountain
range.
Other important
rivers:
 Kennebec R.
 Penobscot R.
Maine has many lighthouses, like Bass Head
Light in Acadia National Park.
Maine is also
known for:
•Lobsters
•Potatoes
•Pine trees
New Hampshire
Capital – Concord
Abbreviation – NH
The White Mts., part of the
Appalachian Range, make
up most of the state.
Major River:
The Connecticut R. separates
New Hampshire from
Vermont.
Another major river is the
Merrimack R.
85% of New Hampshire
is covered by forests.
Notice the
weather station
at the summit of
Mt. Washington
in the White
Mts. That’s the
building
referred to in
this sign.
The Old Man in the Mountain
was a formation carved
thousands of years ago by
glaciers. It was first recorded
by a survey team in 1805, but
centuries of wind, snow and
rain finally caught up with it,
and it collapsed on May 3,
2003.
Vermont
Capital – Montpelier
Abbreviation – VT
The Green Mts. of Vermont
are part of the
Appalachians.
Major River
The Connecticut River
separates Vermont from
New Hampshire
Another major body of water
is Lake Champlain, which
forms part of the
boundary between VT and
New York.
Massachusetts
Capital – Boston
Abbreviation – MA
Major Bodies of water:
 Atlantic Ocean
 Connecticut River
Other major bodies of water:
 Massachusetts Bay
 Cape Cod Bay
Cape Cod is a major land
feature of
Massachusetts.
Connecticut
Capital – Hartford
Abbreviation – CT
Major Bodies of water:
 Connecticut R.
 Atlantic Ocean
Major Landform:
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Rhode Island
Capital – Providence
Abbreviation – RI
The Atlantic Ocean forms the
southern boundary of
Rhode Island.
Another major body of water
is Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island is part of the
Atlantic Coastal Plain.
New York
Capital – Albany
Abbreviation – NY
Major Bodies of Water:
 Hudson R.
 Mohawk R.
 St. Lawrence R.
 Erie Canal
 Lake Erie
 Lake Ontario
Major Landforms:
 The Catskill and the
Adirondack Mts. are part
of the Appalachian Mts.
New Jersey
Capital – Trenton
Abbreviation -- NJ
Other important river:
The Delaware River
separates New Jersey
from Pennsylvania
Other Major Landform:
 Atlantic Coastal Plain
Pennsylvania
Capital – Harrisburg
Abbreviation – PA
Major bodies of water:
 Lake Erie
Other important rivers:
 Susquehanna R.
 Monongahela R.
 Alleghany R.
 Ohio R.
 Delaware R.
Major Landforms:
The Alleghany Mts. are
part of the
Appalachian Mts.