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North Carolina Geography. Coastal Plain Carteret Chowan Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Duplin Edgecombe Gates Greene Halifax Harnett Hertford.

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1 North Carolina Geography

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4 Coastal Plain Carteret Chowan Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Duplin Edgecombe Gates Greene Halifax Harnett Hertford Hoke Hyde Jones Johnston Lenoir Martin Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Pamlico Pender Pasquotank Perquimans Pitt Robeson Sampson Scotland Tyrell Washington Wayne Wilson North Carolina’s coastal plain is flat, low land consisting mostly of sandy soil. Wetlands, swamps, & barrier island make up the outer region while sandy rolling hills make up the inner area.

5 Barrier Islands Wetlands Sand hills

6 Piedmont North Carolina’s piedmont region is in the middle of the state. It has rivers, waterfalls & high, flat land. Piedmont means “foot of the mountain”. Alamance Alexander Anson Caswell Catawba Cabarrus Chatham Cleveland Davidson Davie Durham Forsyth Franklin Gaston Granville Guilford Iredell Lee Lincoln Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore Orange Person Randolph Richmond Rockingham Rowan Stanly Stokes Vance Wake Warren Yadkin Union

7 Waterfalls Rivers High & flat lands

8 Mountain Alleghany Ashe Avery Buncombe Burke Caldwell Cherokee Clay Graham Haywood Henderson Jackson Macon Madison McDowell Mitchell Polk Rutherford Swain Surry Transylvania Watauga Wilkes Yancey North Carolina’s mountains & piedmont region are separated by The Blue Ridge Mountains. There are at least 40 mountains in the western part of the state. The Appalachian Mountains can be found here.

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