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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
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North Carolina “The Old North State”
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Location The relative location of North Carolina is in the Southeastern United States
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Location Bordered by: Bordered by: (north) (north)Virginia(south) South Carolina and Georgia (west)Tennessee(east) Atlantic Ocean
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The Four Geographical regions Coastal Coastal Plain Piedmont Mountains Tidewater
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Coastal Plain Region Tidewater -closest to the Atlantic Ocean Inner Coastal Plain –Farther inland
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Tidewater region Outer Banks chain of islands off the coast of North Carolina
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Tidewater region Outer Banks 3 Capes Cape Fear Cape Lookout Cape Hatteras Nickname: Graveyard of the Atlantic
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Tidewater Region Sounds Large bodies of water between the islands and the mainland of North Carolina Pamlico Sound Albemarle Sound
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Tidewater Region Swampy, marshy and sandy soil Not good for farming Great Dismal Swamp- share with Virginia Green Swamp- southeastern NC
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Natural Lakes of the Tidewater Mattamuskeet Phelps Waccamaw Pongo Green Swamp Great Dismal Swamp
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Inner Coastal Plain Center of Agriculture Fertile soil
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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
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Piedmont Between the Coastal Plain and the Mountains Most populated area today
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Mountains Oldest mountains in the world Mt. Mitchell: highest peak east of the Mississippi River
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Mountains TheAppalachianMountainsstretchfromMaine down to Georgia
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Mountains Great Smokeys Great Smokeys Blue Ridge Blue Ridge
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Rivers of North Carolina The Cape Fear River is the only one to flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean
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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
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