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Three Major Regions
Rank in size
Yea! We’re #28!!
NC ranks 3rd in water surface
Borders
Atlantic Ocean
NC has 100 counties
Lincoln County
Fall Line divides Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions
Sounds -separate the Outer Banks from the mainland
The Outer Banks -chains of islands off the coast of NC
Nickname of NC’s coast-“Graveyard of the
Atlantic”
Jockey’s Ridge -Largest natural sand dunes on the East Coast
Appalachian Mountains -Our Mountain Chain
• Divided into two mountain ranges: the Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains
Great Smokey Mountains
Blue Ridge
Mt. Mitchell -highest mountain east of the Mississippi River
Major Rivers of NC
• Mtns.-French Broad, New
• Piedmont-Catawba, Yadkin
• Coastal-Cape Fear, Neuse, Tar-Pamlico
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