NORTH AMERICA ALBANY

ALBANY

·         Paper industry centre.

Louisiana

Area: 1,23,678 sq, km., rank 31

Capital : baton rouge

BATON ROUGE

·         State capital and site of a major university.

·         Also an important centre of heavy industries, oil refining and associated petrochemical manufacturing.

·         Situated on the delta of Mississippi river.

·         NEW ORLEANS

·         Oil refining, chemicals and cotton-industry are important industries.

·         Ranks among the to American ports which is notable for huge shipments for grains and soya beans from the Midwest and Mississippi alluvial plain.

Alabama Area: 1,33,916 sq. km., rank: 29 Capital: Montgomery Located in the southern Appalachian region. MONTGOMERRY ·         Cotton textile and paper industries are important industries of this region. ·         BIRMINGHAM ·         Located in the piedmont of the southern Appalachian. ·         Known as ‘Pittsburgh of the south’. ·         Development of this region is due to availability of coal and iron supplemented by oil and hydroelectric power. ·         An important region of bituminous coal deposits.