MASSACHUSSETS

GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES

PLAINS

RIVERS

MOUNTAINS

LAKES

Massachussets highest point is Mount Greylock - in the far west there are the Taconic Muontains

BORDERS

North: New Hampshire and Vermont - South: Rhode Island and Connecticut - East: Atlantic Ocean - Weast. New York

Costal Lowland

Taunton, Connecticut, Charles e Merrimack

The biggest lakest are Quabbin Reservoir and Wachusett Reservoir

INTRASTING INFORMATIONS

NICKNAME: The Bay State

CAPITAL AND BIGGEST CITY: Boston

STATE SYMBOLS: State Tree: American Elm- State Brid: Black-capped chickadee - State Flower: mayflower

FUN STUFF

COOL PLACES TO VISIT

THE REASON WHY THE SATE IS CALLED LIKE THAT: the name of the State come from the Massachussets tribe, the name can be translated to "near the great hill" or "near the range of hills". It refers to the Blue Hills

WILDLIFE

The mammals of this state are the black bears, bobcats, eastern coyotes, moose, and white-tailed. The birds of this state are Bald eagles, wild turkeys, northern cardinals and Black-capped Chickadeee, the reptiles of Massachussets are snapping turtles, eastern ribbonsnakes, and five-lined skinks, The amphibians of this state are American bullfrogs and American toads. Sugar maples, eastern white pines and American elms (the state tree) grow in the state’s forests.In addition to trees, many flowers also grow in Massachusetts such as blue violets, wild bleeding hearts, Susans and May Flower.

DESERTS

Alvord Desert


NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMY

In Massachusetts there are large harvests of seafood, fruits and vegetables and blueberries (25% of this harvested in the United States). The industry is highly developed, it is a leader among the states in the scientific and technological sector. Thanks to the historical events that have occurred in this state, Massachusetts is an important tourist destination

Plymouth, this is where the Pilgrims landed - Minute Man National Historical Park, Here we remember the battle that started the American Revolutionary War and there are numerous historic buildings.

Boston cream pie chocolate-iced white cake filled with custard is the official state dessert. You can visit Plymouth Rock, the boulder that’s said to be the exact spot where the Pilgrims stepped off the Mayflower. Today it is much smaller because tourists kept breaking off pieces of it