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  2. Southwestern United States - Wikipedia

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    The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

  3. South West England - Wikipedia

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    The South West Regional Assembly (SWRA) was the regional assembly for the South West region, established in 1999. It was based in Exeter and Taunton . The SWRA was a partnership of councillors from all local authorities in the region and representatives of various sectors with a role in the region's economic, social and environmental well-being.

  4. Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest

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    This region has long been occupied by hunter-gatherers and agricultural people. Many contemporary cultural traditions exist within the Greater Southwest, including Yuman -speaking peoples inhabiting the Colorado River valley, the uplands, and Baja California , O'odham peoples of Southern Arizona and northern Sonora, and the Pueblo peoples of ...

  5. Agriculture in the Southwestern United States - Wikipedia

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    The Southwest employs the heaviest irrigation of any region, since the region is hot and dry, and the soil is generally not as conducive to plant growth as other areas of the country. Despite this, the Southwestern United States suffers from water shortages and droughts despite the already employed irrigation systems.

  6. Old Southwest - Wikipedia

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    The "Old Southwest" is an informal name for the southwestern frontier territories of the United States from the American Revolutionary War c. 1780, through the early 1800s, at which point the US had acquired the Louisiana Territory, pushing the southwestern frontier toward what is today known as the Southwest.

  7. Pacific Southwest - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Southwest is a region of the United States. In its broadest definition, it encompasses five states: California, Arizona, Hawaii, Utah, and part of Nevada. The region is one of cultural diversity seen all over. Several major urban areas lie within the region, including Los Angeles.

  8. Art of the American Southwest - Wikipedia

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    New Mexico and Arizona (in dark red) are almost always considered the core, modern-day Southwest. The striped states may or may not be considered to be part of the same region. With the exception of Texas and Oklahoma – which are counted as part of the South – the Southwestern states are also classified as West by the U.S. Census Bureau ...

  9. Cotswolds - Wikipedia

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    The Cotswolds (/ ˈ k ɒ t s w oʊ l d z, ˈ k ɒ t s w əl d z / KOTS-wohldz, KOTS-wəldz) [1] is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper River Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and the Vale of Evesham.