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Location
Waterways
Natural Regions
Climate
People and the Environment
100
Absolute location refers to a specific spot on planet Earth.
What is absolute location?
100
Yes.
Are waterways an important part of Louisiana's geography?
100
Elevation refers to the height of a place above sea level.
What is an Elevation?
100
Eye.
What is the weakest part of the tornado?
100
Wetlands are swamps, marsh, and other areas that have a natural supply of water abd are soaked with water at least part of the year.
What are wetlands?
200
Relative location explains where a place is in relation to another place or places.
What is relative location?
200
Navigable means the water is deep enough for safe travel by boat.
What is Navigable?
200
An estuary is the place where the river meets sea.
What is an estuary?
200
Fujita Intensity Scale for Tornadoes.
What is the name of the scale used to name the intensity of tornadoes?
200
It is vital because it handles 20% of all imports.
How much vital are Louisiana's ports are to the US economy?
300
Absolute location is the exact location, while relative location is where a location is, but not exact.
What is the difference between relative and absolute location?
300
Cutoff lakes are formed as the rivers seek shorter, straighter courses through flat terrain.
What are Cutoff lakes?
300
The soil in this region is alluvial, and meaning it was deposited by a river.
What is the soil in the Mississippi Floodplain Region and what does it mean?
300
Weather measures the current condition of the atmosphere while climate is the average weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
300
Barrier islands are islands off the coast that protect the wetland's estuaries, and bays from the direct impact of ocean waves.
What are Barrier islands?
400
It is an absolute location.
Is an address of a persons home a absolute or a relative location?
400
It means the "Great River".
What is the meaning of "Messipi" that the Algonquin Indians gave to the Mississippi River?
400
"A seasonally flooded forest" is one definition for a swamp.
What is definition for a swamp?
400
North Louisiana.
What part of the state has the highest temperatures?
400
The Great Flood of 1927.
What is the event that led to that protectective system that keeps the river within man made banks until it reaches the Gulf of Mexico?
500
Between 28~33 North and 89~84 West.
Where does Louisiana lie in the United States?
500
They are a very small creeks that are slow moving, but some others can send floodwaters rushing out of their banks.
What is the definition of an Bayou?
500
They hold mineral treasures; They are also called Five Islands.
What is the purpose of salt domes and what is an another name for it.
500
Southeast Louisiana.
What part of the state has the most precipitation?
500
90%
What percent of the country's land loss does Louisiana have?