Chapter 13: The Empty Interior

Some key points:

1. The physical geography of the Empty Interior is dominated by arid plateaus and dramatic mountain ranges.
2. The federal government is a major landholder in the region and conflicts often arise over use of public lands.
3. The Empty Interior is the core area of the Mormon religion in the United States.
4. Although agriculture is present in the religion, irrigation is often a necessity, causing struggles for use of limited water resources.
5. Tourism, mining, ranching, and lumbering play an important role in the region's economy.

The Empty Interior is complete opposite of San Francisco. San Francisco is densely populated and has a much cooler and moister climate. Although San Francisco is close to the empty interior they are very different. San Francisco has a lot of major company headquarters in its area such as: google, yahoo, pixar, C & H sugar. There isn't much dry/arid land in San Francisco, it is also by the ocean so that would not be possible.