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NC Regions. Stone Prechtl Hunter Sparks Tyler Moore. Costal plain. Stone prechtl. About the costal plains. The costal plain has lowland Lowland is slightly above sea level 1 lowland is the outer banks The other 2 lowlands are the tidewater and the inner costal plain. Land forms. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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NC RegionsNC Regions

Stone PrechtlStone Prechtl

Hunter SparksHunter Sparks

Tyler MooreTyler Moore

Costal plainCostal plain

Stone prechtlStone prechtl

About the costal plainsAbout the costal plains

The costal plain has lowland The costal plain has lowland Lowland is slightly above sea level Lowland is slightly above sea level 1 lowland is the outer banks 1 lowland is the outer banks The other 2 lowlands are the The other 2 lowlands are the

tidewater and the inner costal tidewater and the inner costal plain plain

Land forms Land forms

Wetland is Wetland is covered with covered with waterwater

Marshes has tall Marshes has tall grassesgrasses

Swamps have Swamps have trees and shrubstrees and shrubs

Coastal plain landformsCoastal plain landforms

It has 3,570 It has 3,570 square miles of square miles of waterwater

The total area of The total area of the state is the state is 52,712 52,712

The link from east The link from east to west is 503 to west is 503 milesmiles

Coastal plain landformsCoastal plain landforms

It’s a flat area of land near the It’s a flat area of land near the coastcoast

Has 15 natural lakesHas 15 natural lakes Lake mattamuskett is the largest Lake mattamuskett is the largest

lakelake And has sand hills made of sandAnd has sand hills made of sand

Piedmont RegionPiedmont Region

Hunter SparksHunter Sparks

PiedmontPiedmont

NC lies between 331/20 latitude NC lies between 331/20 latitude and between 75.0 and 84 1/20 and between 75.0 and 84 1/20 west longitude. west longitude.

Piedmont LandformsPiedmont Landforms

NC natural setting NC natural setting is the shape of is the shape of the landthe land

Thus, these land Thus, these land regions have regions have become become historical/curtural historical/curtural

landformslandforms

And Carolina slate And Carolina slate belt that are filled belt that are filled by lakesby lakes

And the rocks are And the rocks are remnants remnants

Piedmont landformsPiedmont landforms

Topography helped shape the Topography helped shape the history of the state and even to history of the state and even to day it is common for people to day it is common for people to wish between the wish between the piedmont,mountains or the costal piedmont,mountains or the costal parts of the state when talking parts of the state when talking about politics or other events.about politics or other events.

Piedmont landformsPiedmont landforms

The fall line is a ancient regionThe fall line is a ancient region After the erosion were over the After the erosion were over the

mountain were wore awaymountain were wore away And the piedmont has red soil and And the piedmont has red soil and

not the same soil we havenot the same soil we have

MountainsMountains

Tyler MooreTyler Moore

How the mountains made How the mountains made stuffstuff Mountains are made of rock Mountains are made of rock Sometimes there is gold in some Sometimes there is gold in some

placesplaces But now it is unlikely to find gold in But now it is unlikely to find gold in

these areasthese areas

How mountains are coldHow mountains are cold

Mountains are Mountains are colder than lower colder than lower ground because ground because the sun heats the sun heats earth from the earth from the ground upground up

A number of A number of mountains and mountains and mountain ranges mountain ranges has been left in has been left in their natural statetheir natural state

The landformThe landform

The mountain sometimes does The mountain sometimes does have rock that never fallshave rock that never falls

characteristicscharacteristics

High mountains High mountains and mountains and mountains are located close are located close to the earth’s to the earth’s poles.poles.

They are They are consequentlyconsequently

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