Geo-Portrait of Hopkinton N.H.

By Mary-Josephine O’N

Blue

9/21/07

1. Location

      Hopkinton is in New Hampshire. Hopkinton is west of Concord, but east of Keene. The county that it is in is Merrimack. The towns that surround it are: Warner, Davisville, Henniker, Bow, Weare, and Concord.     

Absolute Latitude: 43º North. 13.841 minutes.

Absolute Longitude: 71º West. 43.120 minutes.  

2. Place

      What that is special about Hopkinton is that our physical characteristics are: that we usually have snowy winters, it is usually cold most of the year, we have lots of trees, there is the Contoocook River, and a lot of people come here for the fall foliage.

      The cultural characteristics about Hopkinton are: that there a roads and there are street lights.  

3. Human/ Environment Interactions

Examples of how human change the Environment	Examples of how the Environment “changes” Humans. (Causes us to behave in certain ways, build in certain ways.)
Cut down trees Recycling items of all sorts My family plants trees The dams	The weather sometimes changes sports. My field hockey game was rained out. Our lawn turned green ‘cause of no rain The installation of my house. The metal roofs of New Hampshire.

4. Regions

Examples of regions (areas) that Hopkinton is part of… (think bigger than Hopkinton)	Examples of Regions (areas) that are inside of Hopkinton (think smaller than Hopkinton)
New Hampshire Merrimack County New England Lakes Region	My field hockey field. Contoocook Colonial Plaza

5. Movement

	TO Hopkinton	FROM Hopkinton
Things	Food & Clothing	Milk & Vegetables
People	Myself, My Mom, & My Dad	Shea Fortier & Lian Czora
Ideas	My friend Ciara came from Ireland and brought the idea to take a many pictures as possible of each other	“Mary And Ciaras Grading Rules”