Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Chpater 1 : Regions and Ecoregions


Welcome to Las Vegas. 
It is not too much say that Las Vegas is the most exciting city in the world.
Las Vegas has lots of nicknames; Vegas, The Gambling Capital of the World, Sin City, The Entertainment Capital of the World, Capital of Second Chances, The Marriage Capital of the World and Lost Wages.

The location of Las Vegas in Southern part of  Nevada state, and the distance between Las Vegas and CSUN is 286 miles which takes 4 hours and 7 minutes drive. Nevada is the ranked 7th states in the United States and its neighbor states are California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Arizona. The area of this city is 135.8 square miles. Las Vegas is the metropolitan area which means a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. There is a Colorado River (Hoover Dam) next to Las Vegas.

Population is about 596,000. About 70% of population is White, about 24% of Hispanic and 10% is Black. The amount of Asian rate is increasing rapidly.

Las Vegas is the most driest city in the United States. It is subtropical, hot desert climate. (BWh). Because Las Vegas is in Mojave desert. In summer, the average temperature 92.5'F (33.6'C) daytime, in night-time's average temperature is 80'F (27'C). Humidity is very low which is under 10%. Winter is not that cold which average temperature is about 47'F.

Las Vegas's major income is from gambling, tourism and convention. Many people are coming to Las Vegas for their wedding and honeymoon. Even if the world's economy has been fallen, Las Vegas did not get that much of affected.






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