Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period.
Behind the splash zone is the intertidal zone, which ranges from where the ocean water reaches at high tide to where it meets the shoreline at low tide.
The most fertile agricultural areas of the Pacific Region are the Central Valley of California, the Willamette Valley of Oregon, and the Columbia Plateau of eastern Washington. Take a look at this segment to learn more.
The Pacific Region's deserts lie east of its mountain ranges. These include the Mojave and Sonora Deserts of southeastern California. Irrigation has turned these arid regions into prosperous farmland.
The coastal mountains of the Pacific Region support a variety of plant life, including conifers that are among the world's oldest and tallest trees. In the coastal mountains, areas of rain forest support the logging industry.
Most of the glaciers on the American continent are in Alaska. Around the world, glaciers are shrinking due to global warming caused by an increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases.
The Earth's crust is made up of giant sections called tectonic plates. On the western coast of the American continent, two of these plates meet at a place called the San Andreas Fault.
Mountain ranges of the Pacific Region include the Alaska Range, which contains Mt. McKinley, the continent's tallest mountain. California's largest mountain range is the Sierra Nevadas.
The Pacific Region includes the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. This region contains a wide variety of climates and types of land.
This video explores the fascinating coastal features of the American Southeast, including Chesapeake Bay, the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, the Roanoke and Jamestown Colonies, and Fort Sumter.
This program takes a look at Southeastern geographical features other than the coastline. It examines regional agricultural activities, along with poultry farming and the production of forest products, and explores the Southeast's mountains.
Random Video
