Our State Geography in a Snap: Landforms [1]
Our State Geography in a Snap: landforms and regions
Reprinted with permission from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction [2] website.
Landforms: There are three distinct landforms of the Southeast and of North Carolina: the Coastal Plain [3], the Piedmont [4], and the Appalachian Mountains [5].
- The Coastal Plain [6] is low, flat to gently sloping land that extends along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Much of the Southeast lies within in the Coastal Plain.
- The Piedmont [7], [8] characterized by hilly, rolling land, borders the Coastal Plain. The Piedmont extends from Virginia to Alabama.
- The Appalachian Mountains [9], the largest range in the eastern United States, stretch from Canada to northern Alabama.
Regions: [10] The three landforms of North Carolina make up the three major geographic regions of the state: the Coastal Plain [11], the Piedmont [4], and the Mountains [12]. The Coastal Plain Region is usually divided into two sub regions: the Outer Coastal Plain, commonly referred to as the Tidewater; and the Inner Coastal, which is less impacted by the effects of the ocean as it is located further inward.
Sources:
"Social Studies:: Elementary Resouces:: Student Sampler:: Geography," North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Website. https://www.dpi.nc.gov [13] (accessed March 27, 2012).
1 January 2012 | Anonymous