October 3, 2014 You may sit anywhere you choose. Today we are: 1.Reviewing the grography of NC 1.Completing the NC Map study HW: Finish the map

North Carolina “The Old North State”

Location The relative location of North Carolina is in the Southeastern United States

Location Bordered by: Bordered by: (north) (north)Virginia(south) South Carolina and Georgia (west)Tennessee(east) Atlantic Ocean

The Four Geographical regions Coastal Coastal Plain Piedmont Mountains Tidewater

Coastal Plain Region Tidewater -closest to the Atlantic Ocean Inner Coastal Plain –Farther inland

Tidewater region Outer Banks chain of islands off the coast of North Carolina

Tidewater region Outer Banks 3 Capes Cape Fear Cape Lookout Cape Hatteras Nickname: Graveyard of the Atlantic

Tidewater Region Sounds Large bodies of water between the islands and the mainland of North Carolina Pamlico Sound Albemarle Sound

Tidewater Region  Swampy, marshy and sandy soil  Not good for farming  Great Dismal Swamp- share with Virginia  Green Swamp- southeastern NC

Natural Lakes of the Tidewater Mattamuskeet Phelps Waccamaw Pongo Green Swamp Great Dismal Swamp

Inner Coastal Plain  Center of Agriculture  Fertile soil

Fall Line  An imaginary line that separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain  At the Fall Line the rivers fall and level off as they enter the Coastal Plain where they slow down and become wider Fall Line

Piedmont Between the Coastal Plain and the Mountains Most populated area today

Mountains  Oldest mountains in the world  Mt. Mitchell: highest peak east of the Mississippi River

Mountains TheAppalachianMountainsstretchfromMaine down to Georgia

Mountains Great Smokeys Great Smokeys Blue Ridge Blue Ridge

Rivers of North Carolina The Cape Fear River is the only one to flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean

Rivers of North Carolina Coastal PlainPiedmontMountains All, except the Cape Fear, flow into sounds Slow moving All flow into South Carolina Flow into Tennessee and end up in the Ohio River Fast moving; waterfalls