Alaska Geography 1
This mountain range is located about 200 miles north of Fairbanks.
What is the Brooks Range?
Which of the following features is NOT in the interior of Alaska: Tanana River, Nome, Fort Yukon, Fairbanks
Fairbanks
This region in Alaska includes the Alexander Archipelago -- a chain of over 1,000 islands.
Southeast
This ecosystem found in Western Alaska and the Arctic comes from a Finnish word meaning "treeless plain"
What is Tundra?
This region is defined by cold winters, cool summer, and dessert-like precipitation.
What is the Arctic Region
This body of water is west of the Beaufort Sea.
What is the Chukchi Sea?
Which of the following features is in the Arctic Region: Bering Sea, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Juneau, Copper River
Utqiagvik (Barrow)
Along with the Arctic region, this region is one of the two least populated regions in the state.
This region is composed partly of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta - an immense series of wetlands that ultimately drains into the Bering Sea.
What is Western Alaska?
This climate zone is found in Southeast, Southcentral, and Southwest and is defined by mild temperatures and heavy precipitation.
Maritime
The Copper River drains into this body of water.
What is Prince William Sound?
The Susitna River, Alaska Range, and Chugach Mountains are all part of which region?
This is the most populated region in the state, holding 9 of the 20 largest towns.
Southcentral
This region experiences the largest temperature differential between seasons; it is typically the coldest region in the winter and hottest region in the summer.
Interior
Most of Alaska's communities are located on / along these features
Along rivers and coastlines
This is the final island along the Aleutian Chain, and the westernmost (or easternmost?) part of the United States.
What is Attu?
The Trans-Alaska pipeline runs through all of the following regions except: Western, Interior, Arctic, Southcentral?
Western
This is the only region of Alaska where the average winter temperature is above freezing.
What is Southeast?
Identify three major industries in Alaska
Fishing, Oil, Mining, Tourism, Government, Military, Education
This climate zone is defined by extreme temperatures and low precipitation.
What is continental?
Which community is farther south: Bethel, Juneau, Kenai, or Sitka?
Sitka
Which of the following communities is farthest north? Bethel, Kotzebue, Nome, Unalaska
Kotzebue
These two regions are MOST dependent on the ferry system as a means of transportation.
Many parts of this region receive less than 5" of rain per year, making it one of the driest places in the United States.
What is the Arctic?
This climate zone is found in Central and Western Alaska and is defined by higher summer temperatures and less precipitation compared to the maritime climate.
What is Transitional?