Arizona: Land of the Dried and Fried Population: 6.7 million sun-fried humans
Donia Surrano
Arizona
The state I live in*
Geographical Elements This hot and dry sandbox holds an upstanding reputation for brutal summers and does not go unnamed. It begins with A as in “acquire your sun hats” and ends in A for “apparently the beautiful photographs did not include the excruciating heat that it holds”. Arizona is famous for its Wild West past and for being the home base for the road runner and the initial habitat for the notorious coyote. Its absolute location is latitude 34 North and longitude 112 west. Arizona’s more relative location is in the northern and western hemisphere…show more content… Further north, there are forests of Ponderosa pine and various other types of pine trees. The sight has most people scratching their heads when they find these piney pockets of forest in a state known for deserts. The elevation is not consistent here, but like everywhere it varies from high to low. If one drives into northern region of the state of Arizona, he will uncover one of nature’s greatest treasures in the world: the Grand Canyon. The Canyon is made up of unique rock forms and crevices at a breath-taking large scale. The complex structure of sediment is a whopping length of 277 miles and a width of 18 miles. These kinds of formations and varied climates make Arizona very unique and make the state appealing to different…show more content… These cultural tribes were the Anasazi who are known for their baskets and for inhabiting the northeastern part of Arizona. The Mogollon were mostly foragers and hunters and resided in the eastern mountains. The Hohokam were the brains of the bunch and lived in the central and southern valleys. They were more technological advanced with irrigation. Last, but certainly not least, were the Hakataya who settled west of the Grand Canyon and who were not as advanced as its brothers and