Maryland

=Maryland= Annapolis By: Abby Miller and Sam Conde, pr.7, 2/4/11



Marylands climate
The climate in Maryland is humid subtropical. The winters in the eastern half if the state are mild and cool with some rain. Winter lows can be in the mid 50's and low in the 30's. In the summer the highs can reach the lower 90's and the lows can be in the 70's. The weastern half of the state is in the humid subtropical and continental. Summers in the west are mild and the winters drop below freezing.

Location
Maryland is between Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia. Pennsylvania is above maryland. Delaware is to the right side. Virginia is below off more to the left. West virginia is below to the left. Maryland is in the southeast region of the united states. Marland is on the pacific ocean, and has the chesapeake bay going in to the state, as shown above.

Maryland's fun facts
Marylands flower is the black eyed susan. Marylands tree is the white oak. Marylands bird is the Baltimore Oriole. Marylands state cat is the Calico. Marylands state dog is Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Marylands dinosaur is the Astrodan Johnstoni.Marylands state motto is "Manly deeds Womanly words". Marylands nickname is the "Old Line State". Marylands state drink is milk. Marylands state dissert is the smith island chesse cake, 8 to 10 layers thick. Marylands state mammal is a black bear.

Origan
King Charles the1st granted land to Lord Baltimore in 1632. Lord Baltimores brother setteled with about 200 settlers, who founded St. Marys, in 1634.

**Economy**
Some of Marylands economy comes from the Chesapeake bay, water and fish come from the bay. In the woods they can get lumber from their pine trees. Their natrual resourses is water, seafood and lumber. The use of land is farming, housing, and lumber. Marylands major economic activities is the navey, millitary school. They also have the fedral goverment. Also they have colleges, some colleges are Devry University, University of Phoenix and Walden University. Agorculture and sofewear are their to.

Phisical Geography
The land form of maryland is low land mostly, marylands one of the highest point is on the Warrior Mountains.the highest point is 3,360 ft above sea level. There is the The Blue Ridge Mts.that star in virginia and go into Maryland. The Alleghenies go through the smallest part of Maryland. There are a couple rivers to in Maryland. The terrain is hills, trees, beaches and mountians.



People
Some of Marylands major cities are Baltimore, Annaples, Ocean City and Columbia. Leisure activites in Maryland include fishing, Boating,and going to the beaches. Attractions in Maryland can be the beaches, or goinng to see Washington D.C. People live in more the rural areas, for example Baltimore country there is around 789,814 people. In Baltimore city there is around 637,418 people. As you can see more people live in rural areas.