US: Central
State
Central region
This vast region includes Mountains, plains and the
Mississipi River.
The great
Plains
Tornado alley
Mississipi river
Texas and Oklahoma have oil and gas fields, while coal is mined in Wyoming and Montana.
In the Rocky Mountains there is Yellowstone and Glacier.
Hot summer and cold Winter
The Tornado Alley have hundred
Tornadoes a year.
They occur when hot air from Mexico its cold, dry air from Canada
The violent storms, is known as "twister".
Once home to millions of Buffalo, but now planted with cereal grains.
Farmes produce wheat and corn.
In drier parts are often using water taken from a natural underground reservoir; aquifer.
Cowboys country
In summer cowboys on horse back user to drive cattle to fresh pastures; in winter, they herded them back to the ranch for food
Hollywood movies Turner cowboys into heroes
Today, ranches are smaller
From Minnesota to gulf of Mexico
and Mississipi River flows, it is one of the world' s busiest waterways
(2900km)