1. Virginia's
Five
Geographic
Regions

2. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
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3. The Coastal Plain is east of the Fall Line.
This satellite image clearly shows the fall line. Can you see it?
The Fall Line
Coastal Plain
Piedmont

4. Characteristics of the Coastal Plain
The land is flat. There are many waterways. There is easy access to the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay.
This is what the Atlantic Ocean looks like, right on the beach.

5. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
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6. What are the characteristics of the Piedmont?
THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
Means “land at the foot of the mountains”
Rolling hills
West of the fall line.

7. The Piedmont Region is separated from the Coastal Plain by the Fall Line.
This satellite image clearly shows the fall line. Can you see it?
The Fall Line
Coastal Plain
Piedmont

8. The Fall Line got its name because that’s where the waterfalls start
The Fall Line got its name because that’s where the waterfalls start. There are no waterfalls in the Coastal Plain because the land is too flat. The land rises sharply at the Fall Line.

9. The Piedmont region is west of the Fall Line.

10. The Piedmont Region has rolling hills.
Have you ridden your bike up and down the Piedmont’s rolling hills? Which do you like better, up or down?

11. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.

12. What are the characteristics of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
Old, rounded mountains
Part of the Appalachian mountain system
Located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions
Source of many rivers

13. The Blue Ridge Mountains are old, rounded mountains.

14. The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachian mountain system.
The Appalachian mountain system stretches from Maine to Georgia.

15. The Blue Ridge Mountains are located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions.

16. The Blue Ridge Mountains are the source of many rivers.
Source: the beginning

17. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.

18. What are the characteristics of the Valley and Ridge Region?
Fog hangs over the valley, as the surrounding ridges peek through the clouds.
The Valley and Ridge Region is west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Valley and Ridge Region includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges.

19. The Valley and Ridge Region is west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

20. The Valley and Ridge Region includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges.
Water rushing over rocks, tumbling downhill, is a common sight along the Valley and Ridge Region’s numerous creeks.

21. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.

22. What are the characteristics of the Appalachian Plateau?
What is a plateau?
A coal mining town in the Appalachian Plateau, around 1900

23. A plateau is an area of elevated land that is flat on top.
What is a plateau?
A plateau is an area of elevated land that is flat on top.
Elevated: up high
Would you like to go four-wheeling in the Appalachian Plateau?

24. The Appalachian Plateau is located in southwest Virginia.
The Appalachian Plateau extends into other states, like Kentucky and Tennessee. Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is in Virginia.

25. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.

26. Let’s review the Coastal Plain:
Also called Tidewater
Flat land
Location near the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay
Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula east of the Chesapeake Bay
East of the Fall Line

27. Let’s review the Piedmont:
Land at the foot of the mountains
Rolling hills
West of the Fall Line

28. Let’s review the Blue Ridge Mountains:
Old, rounded mountains
Part of the Appalachian mountain system
Located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions
Source of many rivers

29. Let’s review the Valley and Ridge:
Includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges
The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Valley and Ridge regions are part of the Appalachian mountain system
Located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains

30. Let’s review the Appalachian Plateau:
Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is flat on top
Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is located in Virginia
Located in southwest Virginia

31. into five geographic regions
Virginia is divided
into five geographic regions
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.