The five themes of geography help you understand facts about a certain place. For example, St. Germain. It helps you analyze specific things, such as immigration of the area, plants and animals there, and the population. The five themes of geography is really useful when you need help thinking of things to research when doing a project, essay, or report.
One of the five themes of geography is Location. When researching location, it is concerned with the question, "where is it?" The latitude and longitude of St. Germain are 45.902, and -89.487. That is the Absolute Location. St. Germain is located in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is near Eagle River and Sayner.
The next theme is Place. A question to ask yourself when studying Place is, "what is it like there?" In St. Germain, the total area of land is 40 square miles. Out of this, 6 square miles is water. There are many lakes in St. Germain, including: Lost Lake, Found Lake, and Shannon Lake. Because there are so many lakes, the amount of precipitation is high year round. Also, St. Germain gets a lot of snow in the winter months. Snowfall can get up to 20 inches a month.
Theme number three is Human-Environmental Interaction. It is concerned with the question, " what is the relationship between the people and their environment?” The pollution levels in St. Germain are relatively high. Air pollution is 80%, Ozone is 86%, Lead is 60%, Carbon Monoxide is 104%, Nitrogen Dioxide is 69%, and Particulate Matter is 56%. All these are either the same or lower then the pollution levels in Eagle River, which is a bigger city.
Movement is the fourth theme. A question related to movement is, " how are people and places connected?" In St. Germain there are many hike and bike trails. Everyone enjoys the beautiful scenery while getting a good exercise. I love riding my bike here because there are so many places to go. My aunt and uncle know all the routes up there so I get to go on a lot of new ones.
The last theme is Region. Region is concerned with the question, " how can we divide up the world to make sense of it?" St. Germain is in the temperate deciduous biome. This biome is characterized in many ways, including: having trees that are deciduous. This means that they have trees that the trees shed their leaves in the fall.
Throughout the year, St. Germain is a wonderful place to be. Whether you go on a bike ride, or just sit and relax. The five themes of geography helped me understand more about the area, and analyze all the information that I learned.
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