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Georgia Unit test 1
Region characteristics/ landmarks
Characteristics | Region |
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Mountainous, plateau | Appalachian Mountains description |
Coal field/ iron ore | Appalachian Mountains soil |
Cloudland Canyon, Lookout Mnt., Tag Corner | Appalachian Mountains P.O.I. |
Faults, Mountain ranges parallel to another,long ridges, mountainous | Ridge and Valley description |
700-800 ft above sea level fertile farmland | Ridge and Valley soil |
Ellijay, Dalton, Chickamauga Valley | Ridge and Valley P.O.I. |
Mountainous, streams, waterfalls | Blue Ridge description |
Gold, Marble | Blue Ridge soil |
Brasstown Bald | Blue Ridge P.O.I. |
Rolling hills, rivers, trees, fertile farmland | Piedmont description |
Granite, Red clay soil, fertile top soil | Piedmont soil |
Stone Mountain, Atlanta | Piedmont P.O.I. |
Sandy hills (north), marshes (south), largest region | Coastal Plain description |
Sandy, Porous limestone, lightning burns wire grass periodically | Coastal Plain soil |
Okefenokee Swamp, Savannah, Brunswick, Floridan Aquifer, | Coastal Plain P.O.I. |
A five foot ditch grew into sixteen different canyons due to settler's abuse of the land. | Providence Canyon |
Water remains 68 degrees year round. | Radium Springs |
Term means "tumbling waters." | Amicacola Falls |
1/2 of Georgia and part of North Carolina rest on it's granite base. | Stone Mountain |
Second only to the Grand Canyon in depth. | Tallulah Gorge |
Term means "land of the trembling earth." | Okefenokee Swamp |
Location of FDR's "Little White House" | Warm Springs |