West Virginia Geography

Eastern Panhandle

This region is the fastest growing part of West Virginia, Apple and Peach farming

Humid Continental

WV climate with warm, rainy summers and cool, snowy winters

panhandle

a portion of land that sticks out like the handle of a pan

West Virginia

a state in east central United States

relative location

The position of a place in relation to another place on earth

Appalachian Mountains

A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama, thru the state of West Virginia

absolute location

Exact location of a place on the earth described by global (latitude and longitude) coordinates

Ohio River

River that forms most of the Western border of WV

Charleston

capital of West Virginia

Longitude

lines that run north and south

55

number of counties in WV

Virginia

state that WV was created out of in 1863, borders WV to the east and south

Pennsylvania

state that borders WV to the North

Ohio

state that borders WV to the West

Maryland

state that borders WV to the east

Kentucky

state that borders WV to the west and south

Latitude

the lines on a map that run east to west