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Our State Geography in a Snap: Three Regions Overview


Reprinted with permission from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction website.


 


The three landforms of North Carolina make up the three major geographic regions of the state: the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Mountains. 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.


North Carolina regions by county


North Carolina Counties - Click to see a large version


View the list of North Carolina counties.


North Carolina physical regions


Physical boundaries that divide the regions                               Link to 1985 Geologic Map of North Carolina. From North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources.                 

Sources:


"Geography of North Carolina," North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, https://www.dpi.nc.gov (accessed March 26, 2012).


Raisa, E. 1940. Landforms of the United States. Reprinted in The North Carolina Atlas Revisited.


NCDENR. 1985 Geologic Map of North Carolina (links to a number of maps). http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/1985-state-geologic-map (accessed September 2, 2015).


Additional Resources:


North Carolina One Map. North Carolina Geospatial Portal. http://data.nconemap.gov/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page (accessed September 2, 2015).


Image Credits:


North Carolina Geological Survey. Geologic map of North Carolina: North Carolina Geological Survey, General Geologic Map. 1985. http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/lr/1985-state-geologic-map (accessed September 2, 2015).


 

Subjects: 
Geography
Regions
From: 
NC Department of Public Instruction.

1 January 2012

Comments

Submitted by Grayleigh Baines (not verified) on Mon, 09/20/2021 - 18:17
Comment: 

I live in the Inner Coastal Plains region, the weather here changes a lot.

Submitted by Maliyah F. (not verified) on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 14:02
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I live in the Inner Coastal Plain Region.

Submitted by Lauren J. (not verified) on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 19:25
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I'm in the Inner Coastal Plains

Submitted by Misty McClain (not verified) on Sun, 11/08/2020 - 17:48
Comment: 

this will help my mom with doing our family tree

Submitted by Emely (not verified) on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 15:05
Comment: 

lots of info

Submitted by Kaleb (not verified) on Sat, 10/17/2020 - 19:54
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I live in the piedmont. Why is it called the piedmont?

Submitted by ebradford on Mon, 10/19/2020 - 13:35
Comment: 

Hello,
Take a look at this NCpedia page for an explanation: https://ncpedia.org/geography/region/piedmont

Erin Bradford, Government and Heritage Library

Submitted by shiana (not verified) on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 13:40
Comment: 

i live in the piedmont region

Submitted by RJ Kirk (not verified) on Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:20
Comment: 

I live in the middle of the state.

Submitted by Earrick (not verified) on Tue, 09/29/2020 - 09:38
Comment: 

no

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