The South is split in to two parts, the Inland South and the Coastal South. Chapter 9 discusses the Inland South. It consists of parts of Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Southern Missouri, Northern Louisiana, Eastern Oklahoma, and East Texas.
This chapter talks about the environmental setting, historical settlement, economy, the culture, and the future of the Inland South, all of which I have discussed in terms of Yosemite in prior blog posts.Therefore I will focus on the differences and similarities of the Inland South and Yosemite.
This chapter talks about the environmental setting, historical settlement, economy, the culture, and the future of the Inland South, all of which I have discussed in terms of Yosemite in prior blog posts.Therefore I will focus on the differences and similarities of the Inland South and Yosemite.
The Inland South, just like Yosemite, are located Inland from the coast. While Yosemite Valley was formed due to glaciation, the Appalachian Mountains, which are located in the Inland South, were not covered by glaciers therefore are less effected by erosion. The Inland South is a humid subtropical climate, which means summers are extremely hot and humidity is high, and winters are mild. Precipitation is common, but hurricanes bring an exponential amount of rainfall in the late summer. Yosemite Valley is characterized by a Mediterranean climate and can be affected by earthquakes not hurricanes. Both the Inland South and Yosemite Valley had Native American populations prior to other settlers discovery of the land. The Native Americans were pushed out of Yosemite Valley, just like they were in the Inland South because of America's necessity to attain manifest destiny. The Inland South continues to grow. The metropolitan areas are booming and population growth is on the rise. Yosemite, due to the legal protection, is able to stay a place of natural beauty and an escape from busy metropolitan areas. For this blog post I will leave you with a fantastic video showing you again the natural beauty of Yosemite!
The Information from this blog came from our class textbook!