Taking in consideration physiographic regions, Alaska can be classified based on four main parts: Interior Plains, Rocky Mountain System, Intermontane Plateaus, and Pacific Mountain System:
Most people live in Pacific Mountain and valleys which connect Pacific Ocean. The highest mountain is Mountain McKinley (20, 320 feet), which is located in Alaska Range. An extension of the Rocky Mountains on the Alaska territory is Brooks Range, which has the highest peak relatively small (9,020 feet). Between the two mountan systems, Rocky and Pacific, we have Intermontane Basin and Plateau regions, where the largest river system (Yukon) is located.
How much it rains in Alaska? Well, this depends on location. In some places there are pretty high amount of precipitation and other barely gets any. The Pacific west coast receives as much precipitation as the states from the South- East of USA. Closer to Artic Pole, we have less precipitations. The central part of Alaska gets pretty much same precipitation as the central of USA.
If Russians knew the amount of resources from Alaska’s soils, they would have never sold it. If you search on the Internet to see a map with the amount of gold in Alaskan soil, you would probably want to move there.
Also, did you guys know that Alaska had a gold rush in 1898??? Check out this 8 min video:
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Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dawson_City_Lookout_Yukon_River_3264px.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dcsYMTyZcE
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