THE NORTHEASTERN STATES

THE NORTHEASTERN STATES

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• Maine• Delaware• Pennsylvania• New Hampshire• Vermont• New York• Massachusetts• Rhode Island• Connecticut• New Jersey• Maryland

• *District of Columbia- Not a state or a city, but it is a territory owned by the United States. It is the capitol of the United States. The President of the United States and many major national government offices are in the territory.

MAJOR CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST

Pittsburgh, PAPhiladelphia, PA

New York City, NY Boston, MA

Baltimore, MD

CLIMATE OF THE NORTHEAST

The Northeast has long, cold winters. These winters often consist of heavy snow and storms. Summers in the northeast are often short, with warm temperatures.

Rivers:• Delaware River• Hudson River• Kennebec River• Connecticut RiverMountains:• Adirondack Mountains• Appalachian Mountains• Catskill Mountains• Pocono Mountains

Coast Plains:• Oceans• Atlantic Ocean

Bays• Chesapeake Bay• New York Bay• Cape Cod Bay

Waterfalls

• Niagara Falls

Archipelago (a group of islands)

• Outer Lands (off of NY, MA, RI)

Lakes

• Lake Champlain, VT and NY

• Great Lakes • Lake Ontario

• Lake Erie

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF THE NORTHEAST

Adirondack Mountains, New York

Catskills Mountains, New York

Chesapeake Bay

Hudson River

Lake Champlain

Niagara Falls

Mount Washington

Granite quarry in New Hampshire

Fishing• Lobster• Clams• Many varieties of fishFarming• Corn• Apples• Milk• Birds• Cranberries,• Blueberries• Potatoes

Timber• Evergreens (for building houses, making

paper, furniture)

Maple Syrup

Minerals• Iron• Coal• Granite• Marble

PRODUCTS AND NATURAL RESOURCESOF THE NORTHEAST

• The town of Hammondtown, NJ has declared their town to be “The Blueberry Capital of the World”. Residents of Hammondtown feel that their small town produces the best blueberries in the world.

Middleborough is one of a half dozen towns in southeastern Massachusetts that claim the moniker of "Cranberry Capital of the world.". It is the location of Ocean Spray's headquarters, the former location of one of its processing plants, and has significant acreage devoted to the bogs and associated facilities and lands.

Claims to Fame

Vermont is the nation’s leading producer of maple syrup. Producing nearly 2 million gallons of syrup in 2017, Vermont generates 47 percent of the country’s maple syrup.

Pass the syrup!

New England clam chowder is the most well-known and popular clam chowder. Though it's named after New England and associated most with Massachusetts and Maine, food historians believe that French or Nova Scotian settlers introduced the soup to the area.

Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the nation

Companies of the Northeast

New York CityMassachusetts

MarylandDistrict of Columbia

Pennsylvania

NATURAL LANDMARKS• Niagara Falls

• Mount Washington

• Acadia National Park

• Plymouth Rock

• Dinosaur St. Park

• Mohegan Bluffs

• Statue of Liberty

• Independence Hall

• West Quoddy Lighthouse

• Erie Canal

• Liberty Bell

• Hershey Park

• United States Capitol Building

• Washington Monument

• Chesapeake Bay Bridge

• White House

MANMADE LANDMARKS

LANDMARKS OF THE NORTHEAST

Acadia National Park

Central Park, New York City

United States Capital,District of Columbia

 Dinosaur Park is a natural history preserve occupying 80 acres in the town of Rocky Hill, Connecticut. The state park protects one of the largest dinosaur track sites in North America.

Dinosaur Park

Empire State Building, New York City, NY

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Erie Canal

The Erie Canal is a 363-mile waterway that connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River in upstate New York. The channel, which traverses New York state from Albany to Buffalo on Lake Erie, was considered an engineering marvel when it first opened in 1825.

Hershey Park, Pennsylvania

Jefferson Monument, District of Columbia

Liberty BellPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Mohegan Park, Connecticut

Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts Plymouth Rock is the traditional site of disembarkation of William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony in December 1620.

White House, District of Columbia

West Quoddy Lighthouse, Maine

Washington Monument, District of Columbia

Statue of LibertyNew York City, NY