Specific Spot
Absolute location refers to a ______ _______ on planet Earth
Relative Location
___________ _____________ explains where a place is in relation to another place or places
Standardizing
A time zone is a segment of the world wide system for__________________time
Central
Louisiana's time zone is ______________
Mississippi; Eastern
The______________River defines the upper_________boundary between Louisiana and Mississippi
Pearl; Lower
The________River defines the_________lower eastern boundary between Louisiana and Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
The___________ ___ __________marks Louisisana's southern boundary
Sabine; Toledo Bend; Texas
The__________River and the_________ _____________Reservoir separate Louisiana from_____________ on the state's southwestern border
Terrain; Characters
Physical geography is concerned with observing the differences in __________ and ____________of the land in a given place or region
Geographers; eight
___________have divided the U.S into_______natural regions
low elevation
The name Gulf Coastal Plain indicates that it sits near the Gulf of Mexico and has relatively____ ______________
Relief; lowest
___________is the difference between the highest and________levels in a given area
Driskills Mountain
Elevations in Louisiana range from about 8 feet below sea level in NOLA to a height of 535 fett above sea level at_____________ _____________
Mississippi Floodplain, Red River Valley; Terraces; Marshes; Hills
Five major natural regions in the state are the...
fertial; food
Alluvial soil is__________,produces plentiful natural plant life, and is well suited for growing_____
floods; slit
Natural levees are created when a river________and______is deposited alongside the banks
lowest; beyond
The swamp is the_________ part of the river basin and exists___________the natural levee
passes
The geological name for the paths the Mississippi River takes as it flows into the Gulf of Mexico is the__________+
delta; triangle
A__________ is a __________-shaped mouth of a river
estuary
Atr an____________ the land and water continually collide and the landforms shift
central
The Red River flows from the northwestern corner of Louisiana to _____________ Louisiana
blufflands; praries; flatwoods
Three divisions of the Terraces region are the...
erodes
Loess soil is light and contains silt and________easily
rock
Salt domes are covered in layers of____