West+Virginia

West Virginia "The Mountain State"
By: Tyler Moschella & Mark Peters Period 4 Febuary 4, 2011

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** Origin of Name: The State started out as the western side of Virginia broke off into its own state in 1863 known as "West Virginia”. Location: West Virginia is a land locked state in between Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Originally West Virginia was part of Virginia and broke off and became its own state. West Virginia is about 300 miles from the North East tip to the South East tip to the South West end. The Appellation Mountains run right through the eastern side of West Virginia. West Virginia is in the South Atlantic region. ** =====

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** Physical Geography: In West Virginia the Appellation Mountains ran through the eastside of the state. The evaluation of the western side of the state is 500 to 1000 feet above sea level the eastern side of the state due to the Appellation Mountains is 2000 to 5000 feet above sea level. The terrain of the state West Virginia is Mostly Forrest and a little bit of Commercial Farm land along the Western border of the state. ** =====

Climate: West Virginia is a state with a mountain running through it so the climate is cool year round. West Virginia is Humid Continental, and is in the midlattitude climate zone.

 * ===== Average Rainfall per year: 40 inches to 80 inches =====
 * ===== Average Temperture in summer: 70 degrees F =====
 * ===== Average Temperture in winter: 32 degrees F =====
 * ===== Average yearly pricipitaiton:40 inches to 80 inches =====
 * ===== Climate Zone: Humid Continental =====

Economy
People Major Cities in West Virginia
 * Eighty two percent of west virginia's people raise animals and the other eighteen percent are farmers,servers, mining, and manufacturing.
 * ===== The top five agricutral products in west virginia are young chicken, cattle, chicken, eggs, dairy products and turkeys. =====
 * Two natural resources found in the state of west virginia in th south are coaling mine and in the north is a natural gas source.
 * 1) Charleston
 * 2) Wheeling
 * 3) Parkersburg
 * 4) Logan
 * 5) Elkins
 * 6) Welch
 * 7) Beckley

Liesure Activities: There are lots of things you can do in the state of West Virginia. If you like sports you can go to a West Virginia Mounantiers game, they are a division 1 school so they have a lot of sports but the biggest one is football they are nationally ranked. Or if you like adventure you can go white water rafting at Upper or Lower Gauly river.

Some atractions in West Virginia are the state college or better known as the West Virginia Mountanieers. They are a good football team that attracts a lot of fans, sometimes they are semi-good at basketball but the Mountanieers are known beter for football. You can also try these places
 * John Brown Wax Muesem
 * Beckley Exibiton Coal Mine.
 * The West Virginia State Farm Muesem
 * West Virginia Penitiary Tour.

Population Density: In West Virginia the Population Density is 5 to 50 people per square mile. Other Information State Abbreviation - WV State Capital - Charleston Largest City - Charleston Area - 24,231 square miles [West Virginia is the 41st largest state in the USA] Population - 1,808 (as of 2000) West Virginia is the 37th most populous state in the USA Name for Residents - West Virginians Major Industries - mining, livestock, chemical manufacturing, glass products, tourism

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