• 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).