Map Purpose and Physical Geography 1
This type of geography examines natural features and processes, such as the Brooks Range or Yukon River.
What is physical geography?
These two types of maps divide Alaska into different regions
What are physical and political maps?
The Brooks Range is an example of ___________ geography.
What is physical geography?
This can carry boats but also can interrupt overland travel or become dangerous seasonally.
What is a river?
Largest city in Alaska.
What is Anchorage?
location uses exact coordinates. Anchorage is about 61 degrees N and 150 degrees W.
What is absolute location?
This element of mapping describes differences in land elevation. It can show roads, settlement, and overland travel more difficult, while valleys and passes can channel transportation.
What does relief describe, and why does it matter?
This climate has less direct ocean influence, greater seasonal temperature differences, and generally drier conditions. Interior Alaska is an example of this.
What is continental climate?
This community provides transportation, services, or supplies to surrounding communities.
What is a regional hub?
Alaska's nearest neighbors.
What are Russia and Canada?
City limits, state or territorial boundaries are examples of this type of region.
This is the largest river in Alaska, carrying boats, people, and supplies across the tundra. Seasonal, ice conditions, water level, and weather can change its role.
What is the Yukon River?
This type of geography examines people, settlement, transportation, and services, such as Anchorage's population concentration or Bethel's hub role
What is human geography?
Areas of concentrated population in Alaska.
What are Anchorage and the south central railbelt corridor?
This community has an Arctic environment with tundra, widespread permafrost and severe cold. It's location disallows it from being on the road system, but it is still a regional hub. It is also the northern most town in the United States!
What is Utqiagvik?
Explanation of how Alaska can be globally central but locally isolated.
What are Alaska lies between North America and Asia and near important northern air and marine routes, which makes it globally central. Within the state, vast distances, mountains, water, and the absence of road connections isolate many communities?
This climate is strongly influenced by nearby ocean water, which moderates temperatures and often brings more precipitation.
What is maritime climate? Southeast Alaska and the Gulf coast are maritime.
High elevations provide cold temperatures, while moist air from the Gulf of Alaska supplies heavy snowfall. Thus creating a high concentration of ___________.
What are high concentrations of glaciers?
This type of map shows historical network patterns, routes, and hubs.
This community is also not on the traditional road system due to its isolated location. It is surrounded by the coastal mountains and marine location allows it to be on the marine highway.
What is Juneau?
Definition of formal, functional, and perceptual regions. Give one Alaska example of each.
What are: formal region has an official or measurable boundary, such as an election district or land north of the Arctic Circle. A functional region is organized around a hub or service, such as communities that depend on Bethel for flights, supplies, and health care. A perceptual region is based on shared ideas or identity, such as Interior Alaska or Bush Alaska?
Cold temperatures, permafrost, and short growing seasons limit tree growth, allowing low-growing plants to dominate.
What is common in the tundra of northern and western Alaska?
These are concentrated along Alaska's active southern plate margin and the Aleutian arc.
Where are earthquakes concentrated in Alaska?
A region defined by regional identity. It extent may vary among people and groups.
What is a "perceptual region"?
The first city in Alaska to fly the US flag.
What is Sitka?