WELCOME TO GEOGAME - Winter '97 - SECTION 5, (USA Only)
1.
Latitude: 32 degrees 43 minutes north
Time Zone: Pacific
Population: 83,000
Winter weather: mild mediterrean type weather,
Temperature variation 45-75 degrees
Dress: seldom snows, short periods of rain
Landforms: ocean, hills, freeways
Closest Major River: Sweetwater River, 3 miles
Directions from Capitol: Southwest
Tourist Attractions: San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Balboa Park
Famous for: Weather, US Navy, First Mission
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2.
Latitude: 40 Degrees North
Time Zone: Eastern
Population: 1,585,577
Winter weather: Cold, average winter temperatures are
high: 38 degrees low: 23 degrees.
The precipitation is rain and snow
Dress: Jackets, boots, hats, gloves, and scarves
Landforms: Hills
Closest Major River: The Delaware River - 0 miles
Directions from Capitol: Southeast
Tourist Attractions: Liberty Bell, Veteran Stadium, Independence
Hall, The Academy of Natural Science, and
the Franklin Institute
Famous for: William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, Mummer's
Parade, Market Street, Reading Terminal
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3.
Latitude: 34 degrees 55 minutes north
Time Zone: Central
Population: 728
Winter weather: very cold; average high: 38 degrees F;
average low: 24 degrees F; not much snow;
humidity high.
Dress: heavy coats, gloves, scarves, two pairs
of socks, turtlenecks
Landforms: flat farm land used for rice, beans,
wheat, and minnows
Closest Major River: White River - the east boundry of the town
Directions from Capitol: east
Tourist Attractions: Craig's Barbecue; a working drawbridge;
hunting and fishing; an abundance of
mosquitoes due to rice and minnow farming.
Famous for: During the Civil War approximately 30,000
soldiers stationed here due to the River's
vantage point. Named for C.S. Duvall. huge
mosquitoes. River activities.
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4.
Latitude: 42 degrees 11 minutes North
Time Zone: Eastern
Population: 156,983
Winter weather: Snowy, rainy, icy, and windy
Below 0 degrees F to 45 degrees F
Dress: Heavy coats, boots, hats and gloves
Landforms: Rivers, lakes, ponds, mountains to the north
Closest Major River: Connecticut River within 2 miles
Directions from Capitol: Southwest
Tourist Attractions: Riverside Park, Smith and Wesson, Big E
Famous for: Travis Best, Indian Motorcycle Museum,
Theodore S. Geisel
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5.
Latitude: 37 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds North
Time Zone: Pacific
Population: 896,884
Winter weather: 40 - 50 degrees fahrenheit, foggy, rainy
precipitation 3.38 rainfall December
Dress: sweaters jackets, long pants
Landforms: valley
Closest Major River: San Joaquin River - 50 miles
Directions from Capitol: southwest
Tourist Attractions: Great America, Winchester Mystery House,
Egyptian Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation,
Children's Discovery Museum, Stanford
University, Museum of Art, Raging Waters
Famous for: Semiconductors, computer chips, high
technology, Silicon Valley, Sharks ice
hockey team, Adobe Corporate Office,
Samsung (weestern building), diversity
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6.
Latitude: 47 degrees 10 minutes
Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time
Population: 34,000
Winter weather: long power outages, lot of rain,
30 degrees -50 F we get four to six
inches of snow
Dress: Sweats, Sweatshirts, Sweaters
Landforms: Mt. Rainier
Closest Major River: Green and White River
Directions from Capitol: North East
Tourist Attractions: Mt. Rainier, Seattle Space Needle,
Muckleshoot Casino
Famous for: Dick Scobee, Slaughter
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7.
Latitude: 35 degrees 3 minutes 18 seconds North
Time Zone: Eastern
Population: 3,469 in 1990 census
Winter weather: Average January temperature is 40 degrees
Fahrenheit. Annual rainfall is 44 inches.
Dress: jeans, coats, sweaters, flannel shirts,
turtlenecks, sweatshirts
Landforms: Sandhills, flat lands also
Closest Major River: Cape Fear River - 23 miles
Directions from Capitol: southwest
Tourist Attractions: Turkey Festival and parade; golf courses
Famous for: Burlington Mens West, Cheseborough Ponds,
Turkey Festival, County named after
General Hoke, Confederate General
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8.
Latitude: 40 degrees 35 minutes North
Time Zone: Central
Population: 23,045
Winter weather: Highs average 30's Lows average 10's
Can get as low as sub 10's.
Some snow, but fairly dry
Dress: Heavy coats, boots, scarves, mittens
Landforms: plains, gently hills
Closest Major River: Platte River, approx. 20 miles north
Directions from Capitol: southwest
Tourist Attractions: Lied Imax Theater, Crane Watching in
the spring
Famous for: Tom Osborne's (Nebraska Huskers' coach)
home town
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9.
Latitude: 42 degrees, 9 minutes North
Time Zone: GMT-6
Population: 12,174 (1990)
Winter weather: average January high is 29 degrees F,
low 13 degrees F, snow is normal;
can have below zero temperatures
Dress: Long pants, turtlenecks, sweaters, gloves,
thick socks, boots, coats,
Landforms: Rolling land, 600+ feet above sea level
Closest Major River: Des Plaines River, 8 miles distant
Directions from Capitol: Northeast from the state capital.
Tourist Attractions: Northwestern Wildcats, United Center,
Bahai Temple, McCormick Place, Rock N Roll
McDonald's, The Field Museum, The Art
Institute
Famous for: Actor Chris O'Donnell lives in our zipcode.
New Trier High School, Rachel Barton,
violinist, teaches next door to our school.
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10.
Latitude: 35 degrees 45 minutes North
Time Zone: Mountain
Population: 18,000
Winter weather: Cold, snowy, average winter temperature,
high: 40 degrees F, low: 10 degrees F
Dress: Warm coats, sweaters, jeans, boots, hats
Landforms: Jamez mountains, valle Grande, mesas
Closest Major River: Rio Grande, 15 miles
Directions from Capitol: Northwest
Tourist Attractions: Bandalier National Monument, Bradbery
Science Museum, valle Grande, National
Science and Research Labs, Pajarito Ski
area, Fuller Lodge
Famous for: Robert Oppenheimer, Atomic Bomb, Bandalier
National Monument, Scientific Research
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11.
Latitude: 39 degrees 24 minutes North
Time Zone: Eastern
Population: 4,000
Winter weather: Mild temperatures; High 45 degrees,
Low 25 degrees, Some snow, but usually in
small amounts at one time
Dress: Thick clothes, in layers, wool, Starter
jackets
Landforms: Piedmont Plateau, hills, streams
Closest Major River: Patapsco River, 3.7 miles by road
Directions from Capitol: NW
Tourist Attractions: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Memorial
Stadium, Farm Museum
Famous for: B & O Railroad Station, James Sykes,
Springfield State Hospital
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12.
Latitude: 42 degrees 7.5 minutes North
Time Zone: Eastern
Population: 3,550
Winter weather: average temperature winter 20 degrees F.
average snowfall 41.6 inches
Dress: Heavy coats, hats, boots, gloves
Landforms: mountains
Closest Major River: E. Branch of Delaware, goes through town
Directions from Capitol: Southwest
Tourist Attractions: Bellayre Mt. Ski Center, Plattekill Biking,
Delaware and Ulster Railroad
Famous for: Hunting, Fishing, Skiing
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13.
Latitude: 41 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds North
Time Zone: Mountain
Population: 1405
Winter weather: freezing, cold, snow,
Dress: snowboots, scarfs, gloves, coats
Landforms: Farmland Eastside, Wasatch Mtn. Range North
Closest Major River: Bear River one mile east of town,
Malad River in town
Directions from Capitol: North
Tourist Attractions: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Tabernacle build 1914, Bear River Irrigation
canal system built in 1903, Carnegie Library
1914 on National Register of Historic Places
Famous for: Named after William Garland the builder of
the canal system
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14.
Latitude: 20 degrees North
Time Zone: Hawaiian Standard
Population: 10,000
Winter weather: 60 degrees to 75 degrees, never snows,
cool, with some rain
Dress: tee shirts, shorts, sweatshirt in the morning
Landforms: Mauna Kea and Kohala volcanoes
Closest Major River: Wailuku River- 60 miles
Directions from Capitol: South east
Tourist Attractions: deep sea fishing, whale watching,
Volcano National Park
Famous for: Parker Ranch, International Telescopes,
Hapuna Beach
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15.
Latitude: 41 degrees 23 minutes North
Time Zone: Eastern
Population: 5,200
Winter weather: Cold & Snowy, high: 34 degrees,
low: 20 degrees
Dress: boots, gloves, warm hats, warm jackets
Landforms: woods, hills, valleys, fields
Closest Major River: Connecticut River -1 mile
Directions from Capitol: South / Southeast
Tourist Attractions: Essex Steam Train, Mystic Seaport,
Nautilus Submarine
Famous for: Piano, Piano keys, Goodspeed Opera House
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16.
Latitude: 35 degrees 10 minutes North
Time Zone: Central
Population: 610,337
Winter weather: Average temperature is 43 degrees.
Average precipitation 4.5 inches. We average
about 1.5 inches of snow each winter.
Dress: long pants, jeans, sweaters, coats
Landforms: large river, river bluff, gently rolling
land, some hills
Closest Major River: Mississippi River; at the edge of city
Directions from Capitol: Southwest
Tourist Attractions: Graceland, Beale Street, Civil Rights Museum
Famous for: Elvis Presley, W. C. Handy, Anfernee Hardaway
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17.
Latitude: 41 degrees 53 minutes north
Time Zone: central
Population: 2,783,726
Winter weather: cold & snowy! average winter temperature,
January high: 33 degrees F, low: 17 degrees F,
average yearly precipitation is less than
36 inches
Dress: Heavy coats, boots, hat, layers
Landforms: flatland (plains)
Closest Major River: DesPlaines River- 8.5 miles away
Directions from Capitol: Northeast
Tourist Attractions: Midwest Stock Exchange, The Field Museum
of Natural History, Watertower Place
Shopping Center
Famous for: largest industry is metal fabrication, the
world's largest commodity futures are there,
Mayor Richard Daley was responsible for
its urban renewal
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18.
Latitude: 44 degrees 10 minutes North
Time Zone: Central
Population: 31,529
Winter weather: cold, snow, wind, icicles - temperatures
20 degrees F to 0 degrees F - wind chills
minus 40 degrees F
Dress: long underwear, sweatshirts, snowpants,
coats, gloves, boots
Landforms: river valley, prairies, lakes
Closest Major River: Minnesota River is the north boundary
Directions from Capitol: southwest
Tourist Attractions: Mankato State university, Christmas
Festival of Lights, Minnesota Vikings
summer training camp
Famous for: Maud Hart Lovelace, 1862 Sioux Uprising
and hanging of 38 Native Americans,
Minneopa State Park
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19.
Latitude: 44 degrees 54 minutes North
Time Zone: GMT -7
Population: 676
Winter weather: cold & snowy -average winter temperatures,
high: 30-40 degrees F, low: 20 to -20
degrees F - winters can be severe
Dress: heavy coats, boots, gloves, hats
Landforms: mountains
Closest Major River: Platte River - Approx. 180 miles
Directions from Capitol: Northwest
Tourist Attractions: Connor Battlefield, Sawyer Expedition,
Eaton's Dude Ranch, Medicine Wheel,
Bradford Brinton Memorial, Fort Phil Kearney
Famous for: The McShane Tie Company built a tie flume
to get trees off our mountains to make
railraod ties. Our town got its start
because of this.
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20.
Latitude: 43 degrees 27 minutes North
Time Zone: Central
Population: 3,894
Winter weather: Average January temp. 18-22 degrees F
Below 40 inches of snow
Dress: We wear jeans, sweaters, jackets, hats,
mittens, boots, snowpants
Landforms: Marsh, farmland and river
Closest Major River: Rock river runs through town
Directions from Capitol: Northeast
Tourist Attractions: Blue Heron marsh tours, Viewing geese in
migration, John Deere Lawn and Garden
industrial park
Famous for: Largest freshwater marsh in America,
Thousands of migrating geese and other birds
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21.
Latitude: 40 degrees 57 minutes North
Time Zone: Pacific
Population: 78,490
Winter weather: Cold & rainy, average winter temperature
45.2 degrees F, average rainfall 7.4 inches
Dress: sweatshirts, heavy jackets, umbrellas
Landforms: Mt. Shasta, Mt. Lassen, Shasta Lake
Closest Major River: Sacramento River - 606.598 kilometers
Directions from Capitol: Northeast
Tourist Attractions: Old Shasta, Lassen Volcanic National Park,
Shasta Dam, Whiskeytown Lake
Famous for: Shasta Lake, Mt. Lassen
