Alabama

Alabamas major city is Birmingham. Top Tourist Sites Alabamas top tourist sites are the Appalation mountains some fun things you can do there are that you can go to caverns, caves, canyons, and plenty of hiking, river rafting and fishing. Another top tourist site is the Marshall space and flight center there are some cool things that go on there!, like that the NASA conducts rocket testing. Another great top tourist site is a parade called Mardi Gras in Mobile, it is a fair and Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent and Easter. State Symbols Bird: Yellowhammer Flower: Camellia  Nickname: Heart of Dixie, Cotton State, Yellowhammer State. Motto: We dare defend our rights! Famous or Fun Facts There is a statue of Vulcan the roman god of fire that keeps watch over the city of Birmingham. Another fun fact is that every year there is a sea food jubilee it is in the Mobile Bay it is where the the animals that live in the water lose the oxagyn from the lake, the fish jump out of the water and it is a great time for fishing. The last fun fact is that you can find Hellen Kellers home at Ivy Green. Geography Alabama has alot of water it has about 1 million acres of water. Two Thirds of Alabama is coverd by forests, and Alabama has the Piedmont plateu, the Cumberland plateu, and the interior low plateu. Alabama also has a rolling prairie called the Blackbelt.
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Climate Alabamas higest teperature ever was 112 F. Alabamas normal summer temperature is 80 F, the noramal winter temperature is in the 40's of lower. ||