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Blue Ridge Mountains | located in the northeastern corner of the state |
Valley and Ridge | located between the Blue Ridge Mts. and the Appalachian Plateau |
Appalachian Plateau | smallest region |
Piedmont | literally "foot of the mountains" |
Coastal Plain | about 3/5 of the state |
Fall Line | the point where the Piedmont and Coastal Plain meet |
barrier islands | Spanish explorers called them Islands of Gold |
Chattahoochee River | flows from the mountains of North Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico |
Chattahoochee River | forms part of the border between Georgia and Alabama |
Savannah River | forms the border between Georgia and South Carolina |
barrier islands | protect Georgia's beaches from erosion |
TAG Corner | Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia meet here |
Appalachian Plateau | location of Lookout Mt. and Sand Mt. |
Appalachian Plateau | Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park |
Appalachian Plateau | Cloudland Canyon |
Valley and Ridge | location of Taylor Ridge and Pigeon Mt. |
Valley and Ridge | Dalton "the carpet capital of the world" is here |
Valley and Ridge | Calhoun is here! |
Valley and Ridge | Georgia's Apple Capital |
Blue Ridge Mountains | highest and largest mountains in Georgia |
Blue Ridge Mountains | their precipitation provides water for the entire state |
Blue Ridge Mountains | precipitation can exceed 80 inches per year |
Blue Ridge Mountains | Brasstown Bald is here |
Brasstown Bald | highest peak in the state |
Blue Ridge Mountains | the beginning of the Appalachian trail at Springer Mt. |
Blue Ridge Mountains | site of Georgia's gold rush |
Blue Ridge Mountains | Amicolola Falls, Talluh Gorge, and Helen |
Piedmont | about 1/3 of the state's land area |
Piedmont | about 1/2 of the state's population lives here |
Piedmont | known as the cotton belt before the Civil War |
Piedmont | Atlanta, Athens, Madison, and Milledgeville |
Piedmont | Chattahoochee, Flint, Ocmulgee, and Oconee Rivers |
Piedmont | once formed the coast line of the great inland sea |
Piedmont | separated from the Coastal Plain by the Fall Line |
Coastal Plain | the major agricultural region of the state |
Coastal Plain | famous for Vidalia onions |
Coastal Plain | divided into Inner and Outer Coastal Plain |
Coastal Plain | home to Georgia's Barrier Islands |
Coastal Plain | location of Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia's deepwater ports |
Coastal Plain | once covered by the great inland sea |
Fall Line | runs from Columbus through Macon to Augusta |
Fall Line | Many early settlers were forced to stop here because of the many waterfalls |
Fall Line | the waterfalls here are an excellent source of power |
Okefenokee Swamp | the land of the trembling earth |
Okefenokee Swamp | located in the southeastern corner of the Coastal Plain |
Okefenokee Swamp | covers a half millon acres |
Fall Line | deposits of kaolin and Fuller's earth are found here |
Blue Ridge Mountains | source of marble |