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NC Regions NC Regions Katie Brickhouse Sara Selby Samantha Ringlein

NC Regions Katie Brickhouse Sara Selby Samantha Ringlein

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NC RegionsNC RegionsKatie Brickhouse

Sara Selby

Samantha Ringlein

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Coastal PlainCoastal Plain

Katie Brickhouse

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The Coastal PlainThe Coastal Plain

The definition is –A flat area of land near the coast.

It stretches 140 miles inland from the Barrier Islands.

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3 different Areas of Lowlands3 different Areas of Lowlands

1 area is the Outer BanksAnother area is the TidewaterThe last area is the Inner Coastal Plain

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The Outer BanksThe Outer Banks

Made of Marshes and Swamps

Has many beaches Is near the ocean

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TidewaterTidewater

15 natural lakes The largest lake is lake

Mattamuskeet,it is 5 feet deep.

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Inner Coastal PlainInner Coastal Plain

Easy to farm A lot of rivers flow

through this area It has sand hills that

are great for golf courses

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PiedmontPiedmont

Sara Selby

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Landforms and Basic factsLandforms and Basic facts

The piedmont has rolling hills that look like waves

Mountains turn to hills over many yearsIt has the largest populationFive of NC’s largest cities are in the

Piedmont’s

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ClimateClimate

The climate is 1.1Daytime high temperatures are often over

90 F (32.2 C) in the summer

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AttractionsAttractions

There are state parks like Lake James and the NC Local Zoo

The Asheboro Zoo is in the Piedmont. It is also the largest walk through zoo.

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Other cool facts and Other cool facts and informationinformation

Mayberry in Mount Airy is where Andy Griffin Show was in

There are several large Universities like Carolina, State, Duke, Wake Forest

The state fair is held in RaleighCharlotte is the banking capital of NCThe Governor’s House is in Raleigh

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North Carolina MountainsNorth Carolina Mountains

Samantha Ringlein

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Mountain RocksMountain Rocks

Contain the oldest rocks in North Carolina

Slightly younger rocks in the eastern mountains by several fault zones

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Mountain Peaks Mountain Peaks

the mountains have a lot of snow

it has it at the top of the mountains which is the peak

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Mountain RangeMountain Range

It was in age from over

one billion years to about one million years

There are rows of mountains

The largest ranges in N.C are the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Great Smokey Mountains.