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GA Geography
Social Studies
| description | region |
|---|---|
| Greatest precipitation in GA | Blue Ridge |
| Starting point of Savanna and Chattahooche rivers | Blue Ridge |
| Brasstown Bald (highest point in GA) | Blue Ridge |
| Apple capitals (Ellijay and Gilmore county) | Blue Ridge |
| Named for blue tips of mountains | Blue Ridge |
| limestone and granite | Blue Ridge |
| Fort Mountain State Park | Valley and Ridge |
| Cherokee homes | Valley and Ridge |
| Carpet capital of the world (Dalton) | Valley and Ridge |
| New Echota (first capital of Cherokee Nation) | Valley and Ridge |
| James Vann- First principal chief of modern Cherokees (his home was the principal land) | Valley and Ridge |
| Stonewall built by native americans | Valley and Ridge |
| Appalachian Mountains that go from GA to Canada | Appalachian Plateau |
| lookout mountain "Lovers Leap" | Appalachian Plateau |
| Sand mountain and lookout mountain are transition point between Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia *TAG* | Appalachian Plateau |
| Cloudland canyon- deep gorge with waterfalls | Appalachian Plateau |
| tufting (method that makes carpets) | valley and ridge |
| Worlds busiest airport (Hartsfield Jackson) | Piedmont |
| Ga heartland | Piedmont |
| "foot of the mountain" | Piedmont |
| Delta headquarters | Piedmont |
| MLK birthplace | Piedmont |
| I85, I75, and I20 connect in downtown ATL | Piedmont |
| Olympics held here in 1996; improved ecomony | Piedmont |
| Stone Mountain *carvings of confederates* | Piedmont |
| Home of UGA, Emory, and GA tech *major universities* | Piedmont |
| GA red clay | Piedmont |
| Hi- Tech jobs = high population | Piedmont |
| CDC headquarters | Piedmont |
| half of population in this region | Piedmont |
| fall line between piedmont and this region | coastal plain |
| inner and outer sections of this region | coastal plain |
| warm springs (constant 88 degrees) | coastal plain |
| little white house | coastal plain |
| cotton fields (most widely grown crop in GA) | coastal plain |
| Vidalia onions (state veggie, very sweet, famous worldwide, GA is only producer) | coastal plain |
| Savanna, GA (first city and state capital bc of james oglethorpe) | coastal plain |
| peanuts, pecans, and corn | coastal plain |
| okefenokee swamp | coastal plain |