Regions Study Guide
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WHAT 2 MOUNTAIN RANGES ARE OUR MOUNTAINS PART OF?
BLUE RIDGE AND APPALACIAN
WHAT 3 THINGS HAVE ERODED OUR MOUNTAINS?
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- Ice
- Rain
- Wind
ERODING MOUNTAINS ARE NOT POINTY.
WHAT SHAPE ARE ERODED MOUNTAINS?
ROUNDED
TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE BLUE RIDGE?
SASSAFRAS
WHAT COVERS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS?
HARDWOOD FOREST
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- Piedmont means foot of the mountain
LANDFORMS
- Rolling hills
- Monadnocks
- Valleys
EROSION HAS LEFT US WITH RED CLAY SOIL.
RED CLAY IS NOT GOOD FOR FARMING SO WHAT DO WE GROW?
PEACHES
What 2 things did early textile mills use to produce HYDROELECTRICITY?
WATERFALLS AND RIVERS
What slows down waves and protects the coast from erosion? It protects the coast from washing away.
BARRIER ISLANDS
SWAMP
FLOODED FOREST
HARBOR
PLACES WHERE SHIPS COME IN
SALT MARSH
FLOODED GRASSLAND (1700 GREW RICE)
SAND DUNES
LARHE PILES OF SAND
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- Tourist
- Travels for pleasure
- Tourism
- Business of making money from the tourism
COASTAL ZONE
10 MILE BAND OF LAND THAT STRETCHES FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN INLAND
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LARGEST HARBOR IN SC?
CHARLESTON HARBOR
2 THINGS GROW WELL IN COASTAL PLAIN
- Soybeans
- Cotton
FALL LINE ZONE
CUTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF SAND HILLS
RAPIDS
- At the fall line
- Rivers move more swiftly
- Water splashes and swirls over rocks
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FOSSILS
LEFTOVER FROM THE OCEAN IN THE SAND HILLS
INNER COASTAL PLAIN IS LIKE THE OUTER COASTAL PLAIN
OCEAN USED TO COVER MOST OF OUR STATE
SANDY SOIL
NOT GOOD FOR FARMING
LUMBER = TIMBER
FOUND IN COASTAL PLAINS BECAUSE OF LOTS OF TREES AND FERTILE SOIL
