North Carolina Geography

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North Carolina Geography

• North Carolinas Regions
• Ruth Browne
• Ferndale Middle School
• 8th Social Studies

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What is a geographic region?

• A geographic region is a large area of land with
  similar features.

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NCs Place in North America and the Nation
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North Carolinas Regions
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Coastal Plain Region

• Outer Coastal Plain
• Outer Banks
• Chain Sandy Islands
• Tidewater
• Less than 20 feet above sea level
• Extends inland 30 to 80miles

• Inner Coastal Plain
• Flat
• Extends to Piedmont

Beach
From coast to Raleigh
Mainland Coast
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Piedmont Region

• West of the Coastal Plain is the region called
  the Piedmont.
• Plateau land form
• Gentle rolling hills

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Mountain Region

• West of the Piedmont
• Part of the Appalachian Mountain System
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Great Smoky Mountains

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Microsoft Clip Art Gallery
• Belle and Crow, North Carolina, A History of an
  American State, 2003.
• http//dgl.microsoft.com/?CAG1