A study of the Fall Line and its impact on South Carolina and Georgia.

Map Slide I

What is a Fall Line?

A Fall Line marks the area where the upland region (continental bedrock) and the coastal plain meet.

Map Slide II

The Fall Line in Georgia and South Carolina

How does the

Savannah Riverlookas it

crossesthe

Fall Line?

Savannah River Shoals at the Fall Line

How do you think the Fall Lineaffected the ways in which

early Native Americanslived and traveled?

Native AmericanSettlements in the

Carolinas and Georgia

How do you think the Fall Lineaffected the travels and movement

of early explorers?

Hernando de Soto1540

How do you think the Fall Lineaffected colonial settlementpatterns and trade routes?

Where is the Fall Line

is on thiscolonial map

of Georgiaand South Carolina?

Early Travel on the Savannah River

How did the Savannah River and the Fall Line impact Augusta’s

growth and development?

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