The Wheat Belt includes the whole of North Dakota, most of South Dakota and Kansas, the central Nebraska, Missouri and the north of Oklahoma (dark soils).

3) THE SOUTH extends to the south of the North-East and the Midwest and comprises 16 states: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas. Characteristic features:
 the south lagged behind the North in industrial development
 the typical crops of the south are cotton and tobacco
 the south has a large black population
 the south is a supplier of raw material
 the standard of living is lower in South

It is divided into 3 groups: the South Atlantic Region, the East-South Central Region, the West-South Central Region.

a) THE SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION comprises of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida. Maryland and Delaware are highly industrialised. Delaware has chemical industries (du Pont). Florida is a place known for space research, pine forests, orange plantations and beaches. This part of the country suffers from hurricanes which may cause severe damage. Inland agriculture is more diversified. Besides cotton and tobacco, soya beans, peanuts and fruit are grown locally. RICHMOND, Va. and ATLANTA, Ga., is a bulk of manufacturing industries. BALTIMORE, Md. is famous shipbuilding centre.

b) THE EAST-SOUTH CENTRAL REGION is made up of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi that are plantation states. Cotton is the main crop in Alabama and Mississippi, tobacco in Kentucky.
KNOXVILLE, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS are important commercial industrial centres in Tennessee.

c) THE WEST-SOUTH CENTRAL REGION embraces the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Texas has the most rapid economic development in the post-WW2 period. Dallas is a financial capital of the entire south-west. There is livestock raising and general farming spread out there. Oklahoma is famous for wheat fields and other cotton fields.

4) THE WEST comprises of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California.
It's historically the youngest part of the USA. The development is not so high as in the East. Most of the western states are mountainous states. The Yellowstone National Park is the largest natural reservation (Montana, Idaho, Wyoming). Another attraction is in Arizona - the Grand Canyon National Park. The West has the lowest density of population, densely populated part of the West is the Pacific coast esp. on the south of California. The West is mainly agricultural, with emphasis on pastoral farming. Only California and Oregon are industrial. It's an important supplier of raw materials, non-ferrous metals (Rocky Mountain), petroleum (California).