Georgias Geographic Regions Essential Question What are the

Georgia’s Geographic Regions

Essential Question? ? ? • What are the significant geographic regions of Georgia, and how have they impacted Georgia’s growth and development?

Location Between 30 – 35 Degrees North Latitude Between 81 – 85 Degrees West Longitude Georgia

Georgia Quick Facts • Land: 58, 910 square miles (21 st) • Water: 854 square miles • Coast: 100 miles (16 th) • Shoreline: 2, 344 miles (12 th)

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Appalachian Plateau • • Smallest Limestone caves, canyons, rock formations TAG – NW Corner of state Lookout Mt Elevation = up to 2000 ft Cloudland Canyon Only source of coal in GA Battle of Chickamauga – Civil War

Ridge and Valley • Located b/w Blue Ridge and Appalachian Plateau • Narrow ridges that run parallel to the valleys. • Georgia’s best source of Apples • Carpet capital of the world • Beginning of Appalachian Trail

Blue Ridge • • Northeastern part of the state Part of Appalachian Mt. Range Georgia’s most scenic region Brasstown Bald – GA’s highest point (4, 784 Feet) • Most rainfall in Georgia • Source of the Savannah and Chattahoochee Rivers

Brasstown Bald

Brasstown Bald

Tallulah Gorge

Gorge Trail

Rope Bridge Across Gorge

Piedmont • • Mean “foot of the mountains” Most Populated Rolling hills Bedrock – solid granite base just beneath the surface • Red clay • We live here • Atlanta

Atlanta

Construction

Stone Mountain

Subdivisions

What is a Fall Line?

A Fall Line marks the area where the upland region (continental bedrock) and the coastal plain meet.

The Fall Line in Georgia and South Carolina

How does the Savannah River look as it crosses the Fall Line?

Coastal Plain • • • Largest Region Flat Two Parts: Inner & Outer Vidalia Onions Mild Climate Wood Pulp Okefenokee Swamp 100 miles of Coastline Peanuts

Pine Forest

Timber Yard

Farming in SW Georgia

Dirt Road Through Rural Area

Coastal Marshland

Cotton Field

Coastal Plains Farming

The Okefenokee Swamp