North Dakota Discussion Topics for week of 11/15 - 11/21
Submitted by Glenn on Tue, 2009-11-17 18:32
Students in the Rome NY Physical Science class please answer the following about North Dakota:
Where is it located in the United States?
What foreign country makes up one of its borders?
What are the latitude and longitude of Bismarck North Dakota?
What are some things North Dakota is known for?
What is the terrain like in North Dakota?
How does the weather compare to upstate New York?
Hello from Bismarck!
Sorry to interrupt this class, I just wanted to give Greetings from Bismarck! It made me smile to see some students in NY were showing any sort of interest in ND. Oh, and on another note, our November was surprisingly warm this year, usually we have far more moisture than we did. December is making up for it though, 3 day storm system bearing down on us.
Anyway, way to be cool and Happy Holidays from Bismarck, ND.
~Rachel
North Dakota Topics
Where is it located in the United States?
North Dakota located in the high Great Plains of the northern Midwest
What foreign country makes up one of its borders?
Canada
What are the latitude and longitude of Bismarck North Dakota?
46.8°N and Longitude 100.8°
What are some things North Dakota is known for?
Agricultural products and coal mining, natural gas and oil production.
What is the terrain like in North Dakota?
I didn't know much about North Dakota, but I found this information on line at http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/nd_geography.htm
North Dakota is divided into three geographic regions. The Red River Valley is in the east. To the west of the Red River Valley is a region called the Drift Prairie. The southwestern half of North Dakota part of the Great Plains.
The Red River Valley is located to the west of the border of Minnesota. It is very flat and is one of the most fertile areas in the world. This area of North Dakota is farm country and wheat and other crops cover the area along with livestock.
The Drift Prairie, has rolling hills, stream valleys, and numerous lakes where thousands of ducks nest every year.
About half of North Dakota is covered by the Great Plains which has flat areas and also hilly areas that have mineral deposits such as coal.
How does the weather compare to upstate New York?
North Dakota has more extreme weather than upstate NY. It seems to be hotter in the summer, but colder and drier in the winter. We get a lot more snow in central New York.
North Dakota
Where is it located in the United States?
In the upper Midwest to the south of the Canadian border
What foreign country makes up one of its borders?
Canada to the north
What are the latitude and longitude of Bismarck North Dakota?
About 46° 40’ N N 100° 40’W’
What are some things North Dakota is known for?
Bad weather especially blizzards.
What is the terrain like in North Dakota?
I looked on a Google terrain map and it looks pretty flat, but there are some hills in the western par of the state called the badlands.
How does the weather compare to upstate New York?
I think ND is colder in the winter and warmer in the summer. Probably a lot drier too.
North Dakota Discussion Topics
Where is it located in the United States?
In the northern central part of the US
What foreign country makes up one of its borders?
Canada to the north
What are the latitude and longitude of Bismarck North Dakota?
46.77°N 100.73°W
What are some things North Dakota is known for?
I read in Wikipedia that the state is the largest producer in the U.S. of barley, sunflower seeds, wheat and farm-raised turkeys.
What is the terrain like in North Dakota?
North Dakota is in the area known as the Great Plains so I assume it is pretty flat.
How does the weather compare to upstate New York?
Because it is it is further North I think it should colder, but this week it seems to about the same.