NORTH DAKOTA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Climate...............................3
• Geography.......................4
• Resources........................5
• Fun Facts.........................6
• Glossary............................7
• Bibliography....................8
• State Symbols...............9
• State Flag........................13

Climate
North Dakota has many different temperatures. First, the winter drops to 0°. The average temp is 7° in winter. It gets about 3ft of snow averagely. The lowest temp ever recorded was -60° in 1936 February in Parshall. Speaking of 1936 in that same year during July in Steele it was 121°. The average is 70°, but it can hit to 90°. In spring, 1979, the Red River flooded 50ft above sea level. In the winter of 1908, Bismarck's cold weather and snowy precipitation caused isolation and killed all the crops and rich soil. North Dakota has many seasons to enjoy if you visit there.

Geography
ND has many plains, mountains, lakes, rivers, bordering states, and a bordering country. The plains are the Missouri Plateau, part of the Great Plains, and part of the Badlands. The mountains are the White Butte, the Young Mans Butte, and the Rattlesnake Butte. Here are 3 of the 35 lakes, Fox Lake, Lake Darling, and Lake La Moure. Speaking of water here are 3 of the 50 rivers. Red River, Boise De Souix River, and Turtle River. Here are the bordering states, South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Iowa, and Wyoming. Also Canada. ND has lots of geography to visit.

Resources
North Dakota has many minerals, crops, livestock, poultry, non renewable, and renewable resources. First the main resources, clay, coal, oil, salt, sand, gravel, and volcanic ash. Here are the crops, sunflowers, barley, beans, canola flax, beets, potatoes, mustard seeds, crambe, and buckwheat. The livestock is cattle, bison, pig, sheep, and turkey. The poultry is chicken beef pork and turkey. The renewable and non renewable resources clay, coal, oil, salt, sand, gravel, volcanic ash, honey, hay, and dairy. North Dakota is a great place to start a mining business!

Fun Facts
North Dakota has many people and fast facts to learn more about! First the people I did some research and all of these people are from ND. Here we have a Lemhi Shoshone Sacajawea, who helped Louis and Clark explore Louisiana after the Louisiana purchase. Then we have your 26th president Teddy Roosevelt who was born here and was a ND rancher! Last Louis L'Amour the famous writer of many books and series including the
Western Novels was born in North Dakota! North Dakota has many interesting things to see.

GLOSSARY

• Precipitation; rain snow and sleet
• Average; what something usually Isabella
• Poultry; meat
• Rancher; farmer

Bibliography
Herguth, Margret S. North Dakota. Chicago, Children's Press, 1990

Fradin, Dennis B., and Judith B. Fradin.
North Dakota. Chichago, Children's Press, 1994.

Verba, Joan M. North Dakota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lerner Publications Company, 1992.

Gibson, Karen B. North Dakota. Mankato, Minnesota, Hilltop Books, 2001.

State Fish
Northern Pike

State Flower
Prairie Rose

State Tree
American Elm

State Bird
Western Meadow Lark

State Flags