how are the physical features and precipitation of maryland alike?
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From wikipedia.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland#Geography_and_climate\n\nMaryland is bounded on the north by Pennsylvania, on the west by West Virginia, on the north and east by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south, across the Potomac River, by Virginia. It shares a border near the center of the state along the Potomac with Washington, DC. The Chesapeake Bay nearly bisects the state, and the counties east of the Bay are known collectively as the Eastern Shore. A portion of extreme western Maryland in Garrett County is drained by the Youghiogheny River as part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The highest point in Maryland is Backbone Mountain, which is the southwest corner of Garrett County, right near the border with West Virginia near the headwaters of the North Branch of the Potomac. Also in Western Maryland, about two-thirds of the way across the state line, is a point at which the state of Maryland is only two miles wide. This geographical curiosity is located near the small town of Hancock.\n\nPhysical formations \nAppalachian Mountains \nChesapeake Bay \nThe Delmarva Peninsula is a geographic term for the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland, the state of Delaware, and two counties of Virginia, which all together form a long extension down the Atlantic seaboard. One of the most noted features of Delmarva is Maryland's Assateague Island, on the Atlantic, with its herd of wild ponies accustomed to the seashore.\n\n[edit]\nClimate\nClimate varies greatly across the state, depending on factors like elevation, rainfall, and proximity to water. The Eastern Shore and a small part of the western shore, including the cities of Salisbury, the city of and east metro Baltimore, Annapolis, and St. Mary's City is a part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, which has a humid subtropical climate of hot summers and short, chilly winters. Farther west is the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and the Piedmont region which includes west metro Baltimore, Westminster, Frederick, metro Washington, DC and Hagerstown. This region gets warm summers and moderately cold winters, with a warm continental climate where snow can occur annually. Extreme western Maryland has a mountain climate with mild summers and cold winters, and some places receive up to 100 inches of snow annually.\n\nFor a state as small as it is, Maryland posses a great variety of topography. It ranges from sandy dunes dotted with seagrass and warm coastal fauna in the east, to low, humid marshlands teeming with water moccassins and large baldcypress near the bay, to gently rolling hills of oak forest in the piedmont region, and mountain pine groves in the extreme west.
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THE CLIMATE IN GEORGIA IS WARMER THAN IT IS HERE, THEY DONT HAVE THE SNO THAT WE DO HERE. YES IT IS WARM
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Sleet. Hail is different, it's accreted.
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MICHIGAN!!  I know we don't get much publicity but it is the best state ever.  The land ranges from amazing beaches, massive fresh water lakes, mountains, farm land, large cities, dense woods and just about anything you could want.  There is something to do every season (which we do get, hot summers, beautiful falls, great snow in the winter, pleasant springs).  There are great schools and awesome colleges.  The west is quite conservative while the east is very liberal.  There is something for everyone in this state.  Plus- no hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, mud slides, severe droughts and only rare, tiny tornadoes.  The reason you don't hear about MI much is we don't have the problems seen everywhere else.  Come visit the lake shore during the summer and you won't want to leave.
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Looks Like Rain.  \n\nthe link in the source is to david dodd's online version of his book.
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in MD (at least, in Baltimore) is is gorgeous and sunny!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Sonoran Desert is the hottest of North American deserts. Rainfall averages about 12 inches per year, primarily in the winter from storms that come in off the Pacific Ocean. Daytime temperatures in the summer can be over 100 F. on most days. Daily temperature fluctuations are typically about 30 degrees F. There are freezing temperatures in the winter.\n\nThe weathering forces that will be active in the Sonora will be wind abrasion, differential erosion, thermal exfoliation, chemical weathering, freeze expansion, tectonic jointing (the area is an extensional regime- you might want to read the paper from Caltech which describes this), and stress relief exfoliation. Gradient is a contributing factor, but since we are comparing hypothetical rocks, that will have to be ignored. The main factors are likely to be thermal exfoliation, and chemical weathering. Freeze expansion will play a smaller role, and wind abrasion, while fierce at times, is also likely to be minor. \n\nNorth Carolina is more difficult to describe, because it has several climate zones. Annual temperature range for the state appears to be about 10 F. to 90 F. On high mountains the average high temperature is only about 68 F. Daily temperature fluctuations are about 20 degrees in mountain areas, and only 10-15 degrees in coastal areas. Annual precipitation for the state varies from 37 inches to 55 inches according to location. Average humidity is probably around 75%. Only 126 days per year have clear skies, and measurable rain falls about 120 days per year. \n\nPrimary weathering process in North Carolina will be freeze-thaw, chemical exfoliation, stress relief exfoliation, differential weathering, thermal exfoliation, and biological weathering from plants and trees. Freeze expansion, chemical exfoliation from frequent rainfall, and biological weathering are likely to be the largest factors. \n\nIt is almost impossible to come to a conclusion about "a rock" since different rocks react to different weathering processes in dissimilar ways. Southern Arizona has significant amounts of sandstone, as well as granites and basalt. North Carolina is mostly a metamorphic terrain with some sedimentary and igneous rocks. My opinion is that North Carolina will have more weathering, but for reasons that might surprise you. I think the trees and plants in North Carolina will have the greatest effect, both by root expansion and by acidifying soils causing more chemical weathering. If not for the vegetation I would have to say Arizona would have more weathering from thermal exfoliation. Chemical exfoliation can also be severe in deserts because of condensation and evaporation in the daily cycle, and desert moisture often deposits and leaches salts out of rocks. Rainfall in North Carolina may actually depress the chemical exfoliation because the frequent rainfall will remove salts immediately. The cloudy days and lower daily temperature fluctuations will cause much less thermal exfoliation in North Carolina. \n\nI don’t think there is really a correct answer to this question because it is too vague. Without comparing specific rock types, and specific locales, there are too many variables to make any valid conclusion.
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Differences in temperature, humidity, and the effects of a huge water source - the Pacific ocean, wind and weather patterns .\n\n\nNorthwest Washington is humid, due to the Pacific ocean and large number of rivers.  \n\nSouthwest Texas doesn't have a big ocean.
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Go and ask there:\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbweather/\n\nMay be someone will be able to give you some useful info about your question
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http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/anim/h3520.html
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I grew up in Washington State, and ended up in Washington DC (ok the DC 'burbs).  I miss the REAL mountains, Puget Sound and the beauty of everything about the Pacific Northwest.  But I've been over here in the DC area over 20 years and grown used to the heat and humidity, the beltway, and all the other things that drove me crazy when I first moved here.  I guess I'm settled in.  Besides, I have a great job that really can't exist anywhere else.  So here I am.  The Shenandoah mountains will never compare to the Cascades, but the nearby Atlantic ocean beaches have warm swimmable water in the summer - one thing the frigid waters off the Washington coast will never have!
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I'm not sure I understand your question, but... Known as "The Old Line State" and as part of the "Mason-Dixon Line", (because it was a Confederate state during the Civil War) Maryland has often been referred to as "Little America". There are mountains for hunting and skiing, ocean beaches for boating and swimming. Marshlands, rivers, creeks and streams. There's the Chesapeake Bay which was once known as a "natural protein factory" due to the abundance of fish, birds, crabs, oysters, etc. But if I've got that wrong, you could also check this web site http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localSearch.php?searchStr=&parseMethod=phrase&state=21&submit=Search
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Latitude, Ocean currents, Winds, Elevation, Relief and Nearness to water.
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I have to admit im not too clued up on the geology of Maryland, however over here in the UK we have in the Mendip Hills something which resembles Obsidian but in fact its not. On a university field trip we went to an old smelt, where the guys used to smelt Limestone and the result was this black shiny stuff that looked identical to Obsidian. The stuff was strewn all over the place in big heaps. Confused the 'ell out of us students initially until we were told the what it actually was. I wish I could remember more about it but then again uni was a bit of a blur!
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compare...   wind  rain  clouds\n\ncontrast...  cold  cold/warm mix  warm
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they are forms of water or precipitation
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Yes. My neighbor has collected weather data for the last 15 years.  It's mostly temperature, rain amount, and a general description of the weather.  I did a statistical analysis of the temperature data and discovered that the trend indicated an increasing temperature.  I used a least squares analysis and plotted the graph.  I did this for a monthly average, and a yearly average.  The trend is upward for both, and some record highs were recorded in several months. I don't want to get into the details for anyone who is a statistical genius at this point.  The outcome seems to depend on which political party you belong to in the US. \nThere are also some wild fluctuations in temperature, and wind events.  We have had some severe storms that have damaged large areas of pristine forests, and we have had some major flooding. I live in Pennsylvania and, yes, I would say the temperature is changing somewhat by inching upwards, based on temperature data.  The voracity of some storm events are very damaging, as viewed over my lifetime in this geographic area.  Friend to friend, I would think about moving to Europe if I was you.  You are going to experience a cataclysmic event in the near future that will have devastating effects on the UK.  At least that's what my research shows.  But, it's just the rantings of a conspiracy nut, that's what my friends say.