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Regions of Pennsylvania
Chapter 2
Five Regions
Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Ridge and Valley, Allegheny Plateau, Lake Erie Coastal Plain
Ancestor: a relative who lived in the past.
Anthracite coal: also called “hard coal” – a type of coal that burns long, hot, and clean, found in the Ridge and Valley Region of Pennsylvania.
Bituminous coal: also known as “soft coal” – a type of coal that burns easily but is very smoky, found in the Allegheny Plateau region of Pennsylvania
Estuary: a place where the salty ocean water mixes with fresh water from a river.
Fall line: an imaginary line made by connecting the first waterfall of each river.
Fertile: producing many plants or crops.
Harbor: a sheltered part of a body of water deep enough for anchoring ships.
Lake effect: rain or snow that results from moist air moving across a large lake.
Landform: a natural land feature such as a mountain, hill, plateau, valley, peninsula, etcetera.
Livestock: farm animals that are sold or used for profit.
Lumbering: to cut down trees and turn them into planks and boards to sell.
Peninsula: a piece of land with water on three sides.
Plain: an area of flat land without many trees.
Plateau: a high, flat area of land.
Rural: having to do with the country instead of the city.
Suburb: an area or town where people live in houses near a larger city.
Tributary: a small river that flows into a larger river or lake.
Urban: having to do with a city rather than the country.
Port: a city or town on a waterway where ships can load and unload goods.
Pennsylvania has three types of ports: ocean port (Philadelphia), river port (Pittsburgh), and lake port (Erie).