| A | B |
| Mount Mitchell | Mountains |
| between Piedmont and Tennessee | Mountains |
| mainly rural | Mountains |
| thin and rocky soil | Mountains |
| Asheville | Mountains |
| National Forests and Parkway | Mountains |
| Cherokee Reservation | Mountains |
| rolling hills | Piedmont |
| hardwood forest | Piedmont |
| swift flowing streams | Piedmont |
| monadnocks | Piedmont |
| between Fall Line and Blue Ridge Mountains | Piedmont |
| Charlotte | Piedmont |
| Raleigh | Piedmont |
| Duke and UNC | Piedmont |
| loam | Inner Coastal Plain |
| sandhills | Inner Coastal Plain |
| Fall Line to Tidewater | Inner Coastal Plain |
| major farming region | Inner Coastal Plain |
| golf courses | Inner Coastal Plain |
| barrier islands | Tidewater |
| capes and sounds | Tidewater |
| poorly drained soil | Tidewater |
| outer coast of North Carolina | Tidewater |
| 20-30 miles inland | Tidewater |
| water rises and falls with tide | Tidewater |
| "Graveyard of the Atlantic" | Tidewater |
| plantations, forts, and ports | Tidewater |
| low and flat - below sea level | Tidewater |
| largest cities and universities | Piedmont |