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.
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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 Imagery Portal. https://www.nconemap.gov/pages/imagery (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).
"Our State Geography in a Snap: Three Regions Overview." NCpedia. State Library of NC. 2012. https://www.ncpedia.org/our-state-geography-snap-three.