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The environment influenced the American Indian cultures of the Northwest and Southwest in different ways.
- Those living in the Northwest were able to rely more on fishing and gathering shellfish due to the abundance of natural resources along the coast.
- Those living in the Southwest had to rely more on hunting and gathering due to the drier and more arid climate of the region.
- Those living in the Northwest lived along the rainy coast of the Pacific Ocean, while those in the Southwest lived in a drier, desert-like climate.