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Page 2: Natural Resources:  Minerals such as iron, copper, limestone, and gypsum  Forests  Lakes and rivers  Fish  Landforms:  Mountains and hills  Industries:

Natural Resources: Minerals such as iron, copper, limestone, and gypsum Forests Lakes and rivers Fish

Landforms: Mountains and hills

Industries: Lumbering Mining Shipping Furniture Tourism (hiking, skiing, snow-mobile riding, fishing,

exploring) Population:

approximately 300,000 people. Photo courtesy of Flickr

http://www.mg.mtu.edu/shaft3.htm

uptreeid.com

Page 3: Natural Resources:  Minerals such as iron, copper, limestone, and gypsum  Forests  Lakes and rivers  Fish  Landforms:  Mountains and hills  Industries:

Natural Resources: Lakes and rivers Forests Fruits and vegetables (Traverse City is known as

the Cherry Capital of the World!) Landforms:

Low and flat farmland A few small mountains

Industries: Auto Furniture Paper Chemicals

Population: approximately 9 million people.

Google map view of the city of Detroit. More than 4,000,000 people live in the greater Detroit area. Photo courtesy of: Google Images.

Google Images

Michigan.gov