The document discusses the regional distribution and significance of various natural resources and industries in the United States. It outlines the major fishing, forestry, agricultural, mineral, energy, and industrial regions. Key regions include the Southeast for forestry, the Cotton Belt and Corn Belt for agriculture, the Lake Superior region for iron ore, the Appalachians for coal, and regions along major river valleys for hydroelectric power generation and petroleum production.

1. United States of America
Special
Pankaj Kumar Singh

2. Fishing Regional Distribution and
Significance

3. Fishing Regional Distribution and
Significance

4. Forestry Regional Distribution
and Significance
East and North Eastern -10%
South Eastern -50%
North Western Pacific Coast -40%

5. Forestry Regional Distribution
and Significance (1-2 lakh people)
Despite extensive clearance over the last 300 years, forests of
commercial importance still cover about 25 per cent of the U.S.A.
There are three main areas of production.
1. The South-East. The natural tree growth in the Warm Temperate
Eastern Margins has been largely replaced by quick-maturing
conifers, which are cut for pulping. This region accounts for about
50 per cent of the total output.
2. The North-Western Pacific Coast. In Washington and Oregon and
on the western slopes of the Californian Coastal Ranges and the
Sierra Nevada grow stands of tall trees which provide constructional
timber of the highest quality. From these areas comes about 40 per
cent of America's timber.

6. Forestry Regional Distribution
and Significance
3. The East and the North-East. Most of the remaining 10 per cent
comes from the mixed forests of the Appalachians. As in the
neighbouring region of Canada, the best timber was removed long
ago by pioneer settlers, but some deciduous trees are still being cut
for furniture-making, etc. and some of the conifers for pulping.
In spite the forest immense resources, the U.S.A. is not self-supporting.
Large quantities of timber and newsprint are imported from
Canada.

7. Agriculture Regional Distribution
and Significance
Cotton Belt
Corn Belt
Wheat Belt
Dairy Belt
Livestock

8. Agriculture Regional Distribution
and Significance
1. Cotton Belt
1. The Cotton Belt is a broad along the Gulf Coastal Plain from western Texas
eastward to theSouthern Texas coastal plain; North-west Texas and Oklahoma;
Black waxy Prairies (Texas); Mississippi flood plain; Tennessee valley; Atlantic
coast and piedmont region.
2. It does not extend all the way to the coast because near the water too humid to
allow the cotton to ripen properly. Need 210 frost free days
2. Corn Belt
1. The Corn Belt agricultural region lying north of the 210 frost free days line and
immediately south of dairying belts of Great lakes. Corn Belt States are Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, Kentuccy but the region extends into Nebraska,
Missouri, and South Dakota. It is a highly developed mixed farming region
where other crops are also grown.One of the most prosperous regions of the world
where corn is used mainly for feeding livestock.

9. Agriculture Regional Distribution
and Significance
Cotton Belt
Corn Belt

10. Agriculture Regional Distribution
and Significance
3. Dairy belt
The core of the Dairy Belt is Wisconsin, but it includes most of Michigan, all of the
northeastern part of the United States, and southeastern Canada. Most of this belt
is also highly industrialised. Other leading dairy states are Michigan,
Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Secondary core areas are northwestern
United States, coastal Washington and California.
3. Wheat Belt - Two distinct wheat belts appear.
Southern Belt of Winter wheat—grown in the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Northern Belt of Spring wheat—extends from South Dakota northward into the
Prairie Provinces of Canada (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta) and westward
into Montana and Washington. Kansas is by far the leading wheat producing State.
3. Livestock Belt
In the Rocky Mountains and the Basin and Range - livestock grazing

11. Agriculture Regional Distribution
and Significance
Wheat Belt
Dairy Belt
Livestock

12. Agriculture

13. Iron ore Regional Distribution and
Significance
1. LAKE SUPERIOR–
Mesabi Range
2. NORTH EASTERN REGION
Adrindock Region – Newyork
Cornwall Region - Pennsylvania
3. WESTERN REGION
Calfornia, Nevada,
Utah, wyoming
4. SOUTH EASTERN REGION
Alabama - Birmingham

14. Regional Geography

15. Iron ore Regional Distribution and
Significance
Iron Ore - Major iron-are producing regions in the USA are —
1. Lake Superior region: Haematite with a metal of 50—70 per cent
mainly occur in the west and south of Lake superior, most important
is the Mesabi Range. But the richest and the most accessible of
haematite ore are almost exhausted.
2. North-eastern region: Adirondacks region of New York and the
Cornwall of Pennsylvania are important for magnetic ore deposits.
3. The Western Region: Scattered iron ore reserves in the states of
California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
4. The South-eastern Region: States of Alabama (Birmingham) are
important for both haematite ores.

16. Coal Regional Distribution and
Significance
2. EASTERN INTERIOR REGION
- Illinois
1. APPLACHIAN REGION
Pennsylvania, Kentuccy, West
Virginia, Alabama
3. WESTERN INTERIOR REGION
- Kansas

17. Regional Geography

18. Coal Regional Distribution and
Significance
Coal - The U.S.A. is fortunate in possessing about one-third of the world's total
resources. There are three main areas of production.
1. The Appalachian Coalfields - provide three-quarters of America's total and
contain excellent coals of almost every type. States East Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, West Virginia and Alabama ( Birmingham ).
2. The Eastern Interior Coalfield - centred on Illinois, also consists of thick
seams near the surface, which are easily excavated. The coal has only poor
cooking qualities, useful for raising steam in thermal power stations, which
supply Chicago and other urban centres.
3. The Western Interior Coalfield - centred on eastern Kansas, is very
extensive, but is little worked because the coal is of low grade.

19. HEP Regional Distribution and
Significance
1. St. Lawrence Valley
3. Colotrado
Valley
2. Ohio – Tennessee
Valley
4. Columbia
Valley

20. HEP Regional Distribution and
Significance
Hydro-electricity - The U.S.A.is one of the world's
largest producer of hydro-electricity. The major
producing areas are in the
1.St. Lawrence Valley (at dams associated with the
Seaway and the Niagara Falls),
2.Ohio -Tennessee Valley
3.Columbia Valley (Bonneville and Grand Coulee)
4.Colorado Valley (the Hoover Dam).

21. Petroleum Regional Distribution
and Significance
1. Mid Continental field – 40%
(Kansas, Oklahoma to
Texas )
2. Gulf Coast field – 30%
3. California
Field – 25%

22. Regional Geography

23. Petroleum & Natural Gas Regional
Distribution and Significance
Petroleum Oil
The U.S.A. is one of the world's largest producer of crude oil, but even this is
insufficient for the country's needs, and large quantities are imported from Venezuela
and the Middle East.
Some high quality oil is still being produced in these areas, but the deposits are now
almost exhausted.
The oil is transported across country by an intricate network of pipelines
Natural Gas
The U.S.A. is the world's largest producer of natural gas.
The gas usually occurs in association with petroleum, especially in Texas, and is used
both as a fuel and in the manufacture of petrochemicals (plastics, manmade fibres,
etc.).

24. Petroleum Regional Distribution
and Significance
Today there are three main producing areas—
1. The Mid-continental Field extending from Kansas through Oklahoma
into Texas provides 40 per cent of America's output.
2. The California Field (25 per cent) now produces less than formerly.
3. The Gulf Coast Field (30 per cent) is steadily increasing its output, as
more wells are sunk in the Missisippi delta and in the shallow, offshore
waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

25. Industrial Region of USA
1. New England States
2. The Middle Atlantic States
3. The Pittsburgh-Lake Erie Region
4. The Detroit Industrial Region
5. The Lake Michigan Region
6. The South Region
Southwestern Region
Southeastern Region
7. Other Industrial Region of the U.S.A

26. Industrial Region of USA
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28. Transportation Network in USA
Transportation
The United States has about one-third of the world's railroad .
The American road system
It is an intensive network supported by governments at various levels, including
federal, state country, township, and individual cities. The Interstate Highway
System makes it possible to drive between and through nearly every major city in
the country without encountering a stop sign, stop light, or toll booth.

29. Transportation Network in USA
Major waterway system of USA
(i)Most traffic is on the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio River System
between the Gulf port of New Orleans
(ii)The old Erie Canal System from New York City to Buffalo
The Intercoastal Waterway
The Intercoastal Waterway is another major U.S. shipping lane. It is
made up of the lagoons and canals between the land and offshore
sandbars that extend from New York to Miami (Florida), then
continue along the Gulf coast to ports in Texas.

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37. Regional Geography

38. Regional Geography