SS8G1 TSW describe Georgia with regard to physical features and location. c. Locate/evaluate key physical features on the development of Georgia.

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SS8G1TSW describe Georgia with regard to
physical features and location.c.
Locate/evaluate key physical features on the
development of Georgia.
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Fall LineThe Fall Line is a natural boundary
that separates the Coastal Plan region from the
Piedmont Plateau.This is where Georgias hilly
mountainous land meets the coastal plain.
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The Fall Line runs from Columbus in the west
through Macon and into Augusta on the east.
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Rivers and creeks flowing down from the hills
have cut channels in this softer soil. This
drops the elevation and creates waterfalls.
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Many of the early settlers were forced to stop at
the Fall Line because they couldnt travel over
the steep waterfalls.

• Amicalola Falls

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These settlers and the Indians used the falls as
a power source and built settlements there.
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Okefenokee SwampThis 681 acre freshwater swamp
is one of the major features of the Outer Coastal
Plain.
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The Okefenokee is the largest freshwater swamp in
North America. It was once a part of the Atlantic
Ocean floor. Its name comes from an Indian word
that means land of the trembling earth.
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The Okefenokees water looks black because of
tannic acid caused by decaying vegetation.
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The Okenfenokee covers about a ½ million acres in
Georgias Outer Coastal Plain. Its home to
hundreds of species of plants, animals, and
reptiles many of which are endangered.
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There are 70 piney woods islands located in the
swamp. It was once home to Seminole Indians and
was settled by pioneers in the 1850s.
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Visitors to the Okenfenokee can see 80-ft tall
cypress trees, alligators, herons, egrets,
cranes, and black bears.
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Appalachian MountainsGeorgias 3 northern
regions are all a part of the Appalachians. The
were created over 900 million years ago when the
continents collided creating Pangaea.
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Over millions of years, the continents slowly
moved away from each other. Many of the
Appalachians eroded into what became the
Atlantic Ocean.
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About 500 million years ago, the continents began
to move back together again. This movement pushed
sediment up from the ocean floor and created the
second Appalachian Mountains.
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The continents have collided 7 times over
millions and millions of years. Each time the
collision caused mountains to form. This is why
the Appalachians have several sets of parallel
ridges.
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The Appalachians have eroded over time. Glaciers
have pushed down the mountains, carved valleys
and pushed eroded rock to the southeastern
corner of the U.S.
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Chattahoochee RiverThe name comes from the
Cherokee and means river of the painted rock"
because of the colorful river rocks.
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The river flows 436 miles from the mountains of
North Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Parts of the Chattahoochee form a natural border
between Georgia and Alabama. Gainesville,
Atlanta, and Columbus are located along the river.
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Manmade lakes like Lake Lanier, West Point Lake,
and Lake Walter F. George are a part of the
rivers path.
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The river supplies water to Atlanta and Columbus,
as well as to Helen, Buford, LaGrange, and West
Point.
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Savannah River European explorers reached this
river in 1540 many years after the Indians who
called it the Isondega which means blue water.
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In 1732, King George II granted to James
Oglethorpe all those lands, Countries, and
Territories between the Savannah and the
Altamaha Rivers extending westward to the South
Sea.

• Left
• King George II
• Right
• James
• Oglethorpe

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Oglethorpe's settlers established the first
settlement on Yamacraw Bluff overlooking the
Savannah River.
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Along the border of South Carolina, the river
spreads into three lakes J. Strom Thurmond Lake,
Lake Russell, and Hartwell Lake.
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The Savannah is the only river that flows into
Georgia from outside its borders. The headwaters,
or where the river begins, are in South Carolina.
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Barrier IslandsGeorgias coast is an
interlocking chain of marshes, rivers and
tributaries that eventually flow into the
Atlantic Ocean.
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Georgias barrier islands protect the mainland
from erosion.
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They are also called the Golden Isles getting
the name from Spanish explorers.

• Above Routes of Spanish Explorers in America.

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These islands offer recreation and tourism
opportunities. Jekyll Island is primarily a state
park while Cumberland Island is a national
seashore.
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Two-thirds of these islands remain a wilderness
sanctuary.

• These feral
• horses on Cumberland Island are descendants of
  horses the Spanish brought to America.