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The geographical environment of Wisconsin

Wisconsin borders Lake Superior in the northwest, Lake Michigan in the east, Michigan in the northeast, Minnesota in the west, Iowa and Illinois in the southwest and south.

Wisconsin, a state in the northern United States. Don't call it Badger State. The northern part is superior highland, and the southern part is plain. There are more than 10000 lakes. In the Quaternary, except the southwest, the whole area was covered by glaciers, so most of them were glacial lakes. Temperate continental climate, Leng Xia fever in winter, regulated by the Great Lakes, and mild climate in lakeside area. The average annual precipitation is 760mm, with more in spring and summer. The forest coverage rate is 45%, mainly distributed in the north.

Wisconsin has long warm summers and cold winters. The average temperature in January in winter ranges from minus 12 degrees Celsius in the north to minus 5 degrees Celsius in the southeast. The average temperature in summer and July ranges from 19 degrees Celsius in the north to 22 degrees Celsius in the southwest. The average annual precipitation in northern Wisconsin is between 125 cm and 150 cm, while that in southern Wisconsin is 76 cm. The average annual snowfall in southern Wisconsin is 76 cm, while the average annual snowfall in IronyCounty in the north can reach 254 cm.

Tornadoes swept through Wisconsin, USA. Tornadoes. The United States is a country that is often hit by tornadoes. There is a "Tornado" Memorial Park 6.6 kilometers north of Brussels Village on Wisconsin 157 Expressway in the United States. It was built to commemorate more than a dozen villages flattened by a rare tornado in 187 1. That gale was accompanied by a fire, which was not a real tornado, but its power was far greater than that of ordinary tornadoes.

From the night of August 18 to the day of August 19, local time in the United States, 18 tornadoes came from all over the country, sweeping the area of central Wisconsin as long as 160 kilometers in lightning speed.