Southwestern Region By: Hadley, Destiny, Joseph and Shawn

Table Of Content Temperatures Temperatures State Seasonal Temp. State Seasonal Temp. California California Colorado Colorado Arizona Arizona Nevada Nevada New Mexico New Mexico Utah Utah

Temperatures Yuma,Arizona-47,58,80,64 San Francisco,California-47,52,54.4,53 Denver,Colorado-17,34,58,35 Reno,Nevada-23,33,51,34 Salt Lake City, Utah-23,39,63,41

State Seasonal Temp. Utah-Winter-23˚,Spring-39˚,Summer-63˚,Fall-41˚ Nevada-Winter-23˚,Spring-33˚,Summer-51˚,Fall-34˚ Colorado-Winter-17˚,Spring-34˚,Summer-58˚,Fall-35˚ Arizona-Winter-47˚,Spring-58˚,Summer-80˚,Fall-64˚ California-Winter-47˚,Spring-52˚,Summer-54.4˚,Fall-53˚ N New Mexico-Winter- 26˚,Spring-40˚,Summer-64˚,Fall-43˚

California San Francisco is the capital of California. The state tree is California Redwood. California's state flower is the Golden Poppy. State gem is Benitoite. The state mineral is gold. Landforms in California consists of grass lands, forest, tundra and savannah. Since there are lots of grass lands in California there is lots of farming. Because of the weather people have to get adapt to the hot and sometimes humid environment.

Colorado Denver is the capital of Colorado. The state was declared a state on 8/11/76 [38th state]. The population is 4,301,261. Land area is 103,718 square miles. Colorado's motto is Nil Sine Numine. States state song is “Where the Columbines grow”. The animal is the Rocky Mountain bighom sheep. State mineral is gold. The fish is the Golden Trout. Some main landforms in Colorado are tundra, savannah and forests. In Colorado there are a lot of lumber yards because of all of the forests. The cool weather is good for the forests and sometimes for the people.

Arizona Phoenix is the capital of Arizona. The state was declared a state on: 2/14/1912 [48 th state]. The population is 5,130,632. The land area is 113,635 mi 2. The motto is Ditat Deus. Arizona's state song is “Arizona march song”. The state bird is the cactus wren. State tree is Paloverde. The state flower is the blossom of the Sagvaro cactus. The state mammal the ring-tailed cat. The reptile is the Arizona ridge nosed rattlesnake. Main landforms include mountains, rivers and deserts. Because of the hot weather many people have to wear shorter clothes like shorts and t-shirts.

New Mexico Santa Fe’ is the capital of New Mexico. New Mexico is in the southwestern region. The land area is 121,356 mi 2. The motto is Crescit Eundo. The song is “O, Fair New Mexico. Declared 1/61/1912 [47 th state]. The population of New Mexico is 1,891,046. The ballad is “The land of Enchantment”. The state bird is the Roadrunner. The fish is the without trout. The state insect Tarantula Hawk Wasp. The landforms in New Mexico are deserts, grasslands and savannah.

Utah Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah. The state song for Utah is “Utah, we love thee”. The state motto is Industry. The state flower sego lily. The state was declared on 1/04/1896 [45 th state]. The state population is 2,233,169. The state land area is 82,144 mi 2.

Nevada The capital city is Carson City. Nevada’s land area is 284,449 mi 2 [7 th state]. The state song is “Home means Nevada”. The state animal is the desert bighorn sheep. Nevada’s state bird is the mountain blue bird. Some land forms include forests, deserts and savannahs. Because of the cooler weather in Nevada people have to adapt to life with jackets and heavy clothes.