2. Location
Relative: South of Canada, East of the
Pacific Ocean, next to Montana, South
Dakota and Minnesota.
Absolute: 46 degrees North and 100
degrees West.
3. Place
Landmark: Badlands. The Badlands is 244,000
acres of land.
Landform: Low hills.
Tradition: German Folk Festival. People meet
in Fargo and celebrate their German heritage
with music, costumes, and food.
Climate: January coldest month has
temperatures of 2 to 17 degrees. July the
warmest months has temperatures of 67 to
73 degrees.
4. Regions
Area Code: The area code is
701.
Time: The time is Central
standard time and mountain
time.
5. Movement
Transportation: There is 4,521 miles of
bridge. 2,500 miles of railroad. Largest
airport is Hector International Airport.
Exports: Farm equipment, lignite, salt, clay,
sand, and gravel.
Agriculture: Drum wheat, barley, rye, beans,
sunflowers, honey, oats, flaxseed, and
sugar beets.
6. Human Environment Interaction
Adapt: North Dakota has to adapt to the heat in
the summer by wearing summer clothes. The
wind off the plains makes it really hot.
Modify: North Dakota modified the land by
building I-94 and I-29.
Depend: North Dakota depends on Devils Lake
their largest freshwater lake for
transportation.
