Bluff Land Region VALLEY DEVELOPMENT DELTAS SCHOOLS BRIDGES - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bluff Land Region VALLEY DEVELOPMENT DELTAS SCHOOLS BRIDGES BEDROCK AND SOILS BIOMES LOCATION..LOCATION…LOCATION GOAT PRAIRIES ALGIFIC SLOPES STREAMS AND RIVERS MISSISSIPPI OVERLOOKS EARLY TRAVEL AND TOWN DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURE KARST SMALL TOWNS

Bluff Land Handout VALLEY CROSS-SECTIONS WESTERN CENTRAL EASTERN TOP OF CENTRAL/EASTERN VALLEYS____ TOP OF WESTERN VALLEY____ RIVER ELEVATION____ RIVERS RS RIVER R PORTS TWIN CITIES ES AREA ECS S - BLUFFLAND NDS ECS S - ROCHESTER ESTER PLATEA TEAU

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Label ECS Regions

-Dissected Plateau -Karst

- Draw Rivers - Valley Shape Influence on Settlement VALLEY CROSS-SECTIONS WESTERN CENTRAL EASTERN TOP OF CENTRAL/EASTERN VALLEYS____ TOP OF WESTERN VALLEY____ RIVER ELEVATION____

Early Trails / Modern Roads -Interstate 35 -Hwy 52 -Hwy 19

Pre-Rail Road Towns -River Ports (Miss. R.) -River Towns -Trail Towns -Pre-RR Rural Towns

Rivers Rail Roads Roads FLOW OF ECONOMY - RIVER PORTS Zones of -MIDWAY TOWNS o -FARM TOWNS Economy -RR/ROAD ROUTES Over Time

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SOILS ON LIMESTONE

DECIDUOUS TREE BIOME

GOAT PRAIRIE

ALGIFIC SLOPE

INTERMITTENT STREAM WITH FLOW

TROUT STREAM

General view of Red Wing from Sorin's Bluff Photograph Collection ca. 1900

GULLY EROSION ON UPLANDS

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SPRINGS

SINK HOLE WITH WATER