Montana

Captial: Helena
By: Kyle Oliver and Alex Nelson Origin: Montana' name comes from the Spanish/Latin word "mountainous" for Montana's western mountains. Period 7 1/4/11

Location:
The Region of montana is the rocky mountains, and also the Great plains region. A landlocked State. The state is Borders North Dokota Idaho Wyoming sounth Dakota and Canada.

Physical Geography:
A major landform in Montanna are the Rocky Mountains and the Great Falls. The terrain goes from Mountains, foothills to grasslands and plains. Montanna's elevation goes from 1800ft to 12,000 ft.

Average rainfall per year In Montana is 13.26 inches year
The average Weather in the summer is 70's- 90's The Average weather in the winter is From below zero to 50

Economy:
Montanna's west rocky regions are great for mining cooper, gold, platinum and other minerals. On the east side of Montanna, the land is mostly used for natural gas and coal mining. A long while ago most of eastern Montana's land is used for cattle ranching and with the help of irrigation, agriculture of sugar beets, barley and mostly wheat. People now are working usually in, mining, commerical farming and cattle ranching.

People:
Major cities in Montana are the Great Falls, of course Helena, Livingston, Billings and much more. A really great attraction of Montana are the Great Falls. A large waterfall to hang around and watch the great scenery. Another great place to visit is the humongous beautiful Yellowstone National Park. A great place to visit to hike, see lots of animals and watch the scenery. One leisure activity in this state that we know is that for their colder regions of this country they like hockey more. A few others would be like fishing, hiking and trailing all the mountains and lakes. Montana's population is mostly in and around the larger cits like Billings. Also, the state animal is the Grizzely Bear.

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