Childrens Illustrated World Atlas

14

Strait (^) o
f (^) Ju
an
de (^) Fu
ca
Puge
t (^) S
ou
nd
St
ra
it
(^) o
f (^) G
eor
gia
Monterey Bay
P A C I F I C O C E A N
Columbia River^

C

ol

or

ad

o^

Ri

ve

r^

H

um

bo

ldt

Ri

ve

r^

Re

es

e^

Ri

ve

r^

Mi sso ur

i (^) R
iv
er
aS
rc
am
en
to
(^) R
iv
er

C

ol

um

bi

a^ R

ive

r^

Salmon River

oJ h n D ay^ R

iver^

D

es

ch

ut

es

Skagit^ R

iver

Sn

ak

e^

Ri

ve

r^

Sain t Joe R iver

O

w

y

he

e^ R

iv

er

Yellowsto

ne

R

ive

r^

Po

wd

er^

Ri

ve

(^) r
Milk
Riv
er
Rio
(^) G
ra
n
de
Bi
gh
or
n^

R

iv

er

(^) S
na
ke River
Missou
ri River
Lit
tle

M

is

so

ur

i^

R

iv

er

C

olo

ra

do

R

iv

er

G

er en

(^) R
iv
er

R

iv

er

Salton

Sea

Lake Mead

Walker Lake

Lake Tahoe

Pyramid Lake

Honey Lake

Great Salt Lake

Bear Lake

Upper Klamath Lake

Summer Lake

Goose Lake

Lake Powell

Lake Pend Oreille

American Falls Reservoir

Carson Sink

Flathead Lake

Fort Peck Lake

Sevier Lake

Utah Lake

Mono Lake

ARIZONA NEW MEXICO

OKLAHOMA

KANSAS

NEBRASKA

SOUTH

DAKOTA

NORTH

DAKOTA

ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN

BRI TISH

(^) COLUM
BIA
WASHINGTON
OREGON
NEVADA
CALIFORNIA
UTAH
IDAHO
WYOMING
COLORADO
MONTANA
MEXICO
CANADA
Mount Elbert
14,432ft (4399m)
Uncompahgre
Peak 14,308ft
(4361m)
Mount Ellen
11,522ft
(3512m)
Pikes Peak
14,108ft
(4300m)
Cloud Peak
13,166ft (4013m)
Mount Whitney
14,495ft
(4418m)
Baldy Mountain
6624ft
(2019m)
-282ft
(-86m)

Great

Salt Lake

Desert

Harney Basin

Independence Mountains

Klamath Mountains

C

a

s

c

a

d

e

R

a

n

g

e S i e r r a N e v a d a

Salmon River Mountains

Great

Basin

Bl

ac

k^

R

oc

k^

D

es

er

t^

Sna

ke^

Ri

ve

r^

Pl

ai

n

C

o

l

u

m

b

i

a

P

l

a

t

e

a

u

S

an

(^) J
o
aq
ui
n
Va
ll
ey
Sa
nt
a
Lu
cia
Ra
ng
e
San
(^) Raf
ael (^) M
ts.

D

ea th

(^) V
al
le
y

S

a cr a m en to

(^) V
a
ll
ey

C e n t r a l V a l

l

e

y

Le m hi

(^) R
an
ge
C o a s t R a n g e s
Clearwater
Mountains
Pioneer
Mountains

B

it te rr o ot

(^) R
an
ge
Cape Blanco
Olympic
Mountains

R

u

by

M

ou

n

ta

in

s^

Sc

he

ll

C

re

ek

R

an

eg

Mojav

e (^) D
ese
rt
San Juan
Mountains

L

ew is

(^)
R
a
n
g
e

A

b sa ro k a R an ge

(^) Bi
gh
or
n
M
ou
nt
a
in
s
La
ram
ie
(^) M
ou
n
ta
in
s
Sang
re (^) d
e (^) C
ris
to
(^) M
ou
nt
ai
ns
Yosemite
National
Park

Va

nc

ou

v

er

(^) I

sl

an

d R o c k y M o u n t a i n s

El Centro

Brawley

Palm Springs

Santa Maria

San Luis Obispo

Henderson

Blythe

Visalia

Monterey

Santa Cruz

Yuba City

Hawthorne

Tonopah

Alamo

Barstow

Lancaster

Encinitas

Lompoc

Carson City

Sparks

Chico

Eureka Redding

Yreka

Ashland

Medford Klamath Falls

Crescent City

Grants Pass

Twin Falls Burley

Wells

Ely

Winnemucca

Susanville

Pocatello

Roseburg

Coos Bay

Nampa Idaho Falls

Baker

Caldwell Rexburg

Springfield

Bend

Corvallis

McMinnville La Grande

The Dalles Pendleton

Walla Walla

Longview Kennewick

Richland Lewiston

Centralia Moscow

Aberdeen Ellensburg

Olympia Wenatchee Coeur d'Alene

Sandpoint

Port Angeles

Mount Vernon

Anacortes Oak Harbor

Auburn

Pullman

Pasco

Newberg

Woodburn

Lebanon

Blackfoot

Arcata

Ukiah

South Lake Tahoe

Madera

Hanford Porterville Atascadero Delano Ridgecrest

Gilroy

Kelso

Saint George Durango

Cedar City

Canon City

Grand Junction

Longmont

Tooele Loveland

Sterling

Magna

Bountiful

Evanston

Brigham City Rock Springs

Logan

Rawlins

Gillette

Orchard Homes

Kalispell

Libby Shelby

Eureka Whitefish Havre Malta

Lewistown

Livingston

Cody Powell

Laurel

Miles City

Glendive

Sidney

Lander

Riverton

Worland

Wheatland

Green River

Moab

Price

Torrington

Douglas

Fort Morgan

Craig

LittletonEnglewood

Brighton Broomfield

Montrose

Gunnison

Alamosa Trinidad

Vernal

Steamboat Springs

Laramie

Sheridan

Bozeman

Dillon

Helena

Boulder Anaconda Butte

Missoula

Richfield

Bremerton

Hermiston

Vancouver

Albany

La Junta

Lamar

Everett

Salinas

Santa Rosa

Escondido El Cajon

Oceanside

Bellingham

Yakima

Santa Barbara

Bellevue

Gresham

Citrus Heights Napa Fairfield

Palo Alto

Burns

Provo Boulder

Orem

Greeley

Fort Collins

Sandy City

Ogden Cheyenne

Casper

Great Falls

Billings

Tacoma

Santa Ana

Chula Vista

Long Beach Huntington Beach

Riverside

San Bernardino

Pasadena

Oxnard

Bakersfield

Las Vegas

Fresno

Modesto

Oakland

Berkeley Stockton

Sacramento

Reno

Boise

Eugene

Salem

Portland

Spokane

Sunnyvale

Lakewood Aurora

Denver

Salt Lake City

Colorado Springs

Pueblo

San Diego

Los Angeles

San Jose

San Francisco

Seattle

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

The rocky mountains separate

the coastal region from the drier

inland states. Large and

fast-growing cities such as

San Francisco, Los Angeles,

and San Diego hug the Pacific

coast, and have attracted many

migrants because of good job

opportunities. Inland, blazing

desert and towering mountains

provide some of the most dramatic

landscapes in the country. National

parks such as Yellowstone in

northwestern Wyoming and Montana

and Yosemite in central California

protect some of these wilderness areas.

Further east, the foothills of the Rockies

give way to vast plains grazed by large

herds of cattle.

LOS ANGELES

This sprawling city—

the second largest in the USA—

is home to migrants from all over

the world, as well as from other states

in the country. Sandwiched between the

coast and the mountains, the city has massive

air pollution problems. This mostly arises from

the exhaust fumes from the high number of cars

used by commuters on the city’s highways.

NORTHERN FORESTS

The coastal areas of Oregon

and Washington contain

large forests. These produce

economically important timber,

but much land is also left in

its natural state and is popular

with hikers. Most people here

live in large cities like Seattle,

and in the fertile inland valleys.

CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE

California is warm, fertile, and,

with irrigation, ideal for agriculture.

Grapes are an important crop north

of San Francisco in the Napa Valley.

Further south, citrus crops such as

oranges also flourish. Premium farming

land is under threat, however, as the

population expands.

USA: West

The American

Indian name

for Death Valley

is Tomesha,

which means

“land where the

ground is on fire.”

North America

US_014_015_usa_the_west_MAP.indd 14 21/02/17 1:10 pm