Georgia’s Geographic Regions

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Appalachian Plateau

• Nickname: Tag Corner of GA• Smallest region •• State’s only source of coal deposits

• Location of Lookout Mountain, Ruby Falls, and Cloudland Canyon

•Poor soil for farming

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Ridge and Valley

Ridge and Valley•Located between the Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge Mountain Regions

• Site of Several Civil War battlefields

•Forests and fertile valleys provide land for cattle and crops (i.e. Apples)

•Known for textile and carpet manufacturing

• Carpet capital of the world in Dalton, Georgia

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Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge• Northeastern part of the state• Part of Appalachian Mt. Range• Georgia’s most scenic region• Brasstown Bald – GA’s highest point

– 4700 feet above sea level

• Most rainfall in Georgia• Source of the Savannah and Chattahoochee

Rivers• Southern terminus of Appalachian Trail

Blue Ridge Mountains

Brasstown Bald

Brasstown Bald

Blue Ridge Mountains in Fall

Blue Ridge Mountain Farm

Lake Chatuge (Towns County)

Lake Blue Ridge(Fannin County)

Atop Black Rock Mountain in Winter (Rabun County)

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Piedmont

Fall Line

Piedmont• Piedmont means ‘foot of mountain’ and contains rolling hills

• Soil is fertile for farming(wheat and soybeans.)

• Also famous for Georgia red clay and granite rock such as Stone Mountain

• Contains 1⁄2 of the state’s population

• Atlanta as well as Columbus, Macon, and Augusta; plenty of industries and jobs

• Once known as the cotton belt

Atlanta

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Stone Mountain

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Coastal Plain

Coastal Plain• Largest Region – 60% or 3/5 of state• Flat – 0 to 500 ft above sea level• Two Parts: Inner & Outer• Vidalia Onions, peanuts, poultry, wood

pulp• Mild Climate• Barrier Islands• Okefenokee Swamp • 100 miles of Coastline

Savannah Port