PIEDMONT

LOCATION & REGION

• Between the Coastal Plain and the Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge
• Middle of GA

CLIMATE

• Cool winters- 57 degrees avg.
• Hot summers- 89 degrees avg.
• Moderate amounts of rain and occasional snow

VEGETAION

• Red, Black, White Oak trees
• Yellow Poplars
• Hickory trees

INDUSTRY

• Agriculture- farming (peaches, peanuts)
• Industry- tourism, film, businesses (Coca-Cola, CNN, etc.)

PLACES OF INTEREST

• Stone Mountain- largest exposed piece of granite in the world.
• World of Coke- Interactive museum of Coca-Cola products
• Fernbank Museum- natural history museum

IMPORTANT PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Rivers- Chattahoochee and Savannah
• Kennesaw Mountain- major Civil War site
• Lake Lanier

INTERESTING FACT

• The Piedmont region, after the 1930's, had tired and spent soil, causing many small farms and cotton fields to run out of business.