Maps and Regions
Virginia is bordered by... MD WV Chesapeake Bay VA NC * KY Atlantic Ocean TN * *
Virginia has 5 regions. Piedmont Tidewater Valley & Ridge Appalachian Plateau Piedmont Tidewater Blue Ridge Mountains
There are many peninsulas in the Tidewater region. Eastern Shore
What forms a natural border between the Tidewater and Piedmont regions? Fall Line
PLEASE READ YOUR JOURNAL! There are four major rivers: Rappahannock Potomac York James PLEASE READ YOUR JOURNAL!
Can you name these cities? Alexandria Fredericksburg Richmond Salem Yorktown
Let’s play Name That Region
source of many rivers Blue Ridge Mountains
“land at the foot of the mountains” Piedmont
Tidewater low, flat land
Southwest Virginia Appalachian Plateau
rolling hills Piedmont
elevated land that is flat on top Appalachian Plateau elevated land that is flat on top
borders Atlantic Ocean Tidewater
Blue Ridge Mountains old, rounded mountains
includes the Great Valley Valley & Ridge
part of the Appalachian Mountain system Blue Ridge Mountains Valley & Ridge
part of the Coastal Plain Tidewater part of the Coastal Plain