Regions of Georgia Part 3. Piedmont Means “foot of the mountains” Almost ½ of Georgia’s population live here Major cities: Atlanta, Athens (UGA), Augusta.

Regions of GeorgiaPart 3

Piedmont

• Means “foot of the mountains”

• Almost ½ of Georgia’s population live here

• Major cities: Atlanta, Athens (UGA), Augusta

• Granite and marble deposits (Stone Mountain)

• Red clay and rolling hills

• Known as “Cotton Belt” during Civil War

• Piedmont is made up of low hills and narrow valleys.

• Removal of the mature forest and replacement of the vegetation with tobacco or cotton crops resulted in rapid erosion of the soil followed by reduction in yield of the crops.

• Oaks instead of pines originally.

• Warm Springs– FDR 1924-1945…except 1942– Little White House

• Stone Mountain– The world's largest piece of exposed granite.– Jefferson Davis on Blackjack, Robert E. Lee on Traveler and

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Little Sorrel.

Coastal Plain

• Once covered by ocean

• Largest region

• Rich soil grows cotton, peaches, peanuts)

• Beaches and historical tourism (Savannah)

• Barrier Islands– Over the decades the pulp and paper industry expanded at

the expense of the fishing industry, which has suffered greatly from pollution caused by the paper mills.

Okefenokee Swamp• In 1937 U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt provided official

protection from logging and development by establishing the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which constitutes about 80 percent of the swamp.

• The Okefenokee is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America.• The St. Marys River and the Suwanee River both originate in the

swamp. The Suwanee River drains at least 90% of the swamp's water southwest towards the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Marys River, which drains only 5–10%, empties into the Atlantic.

Piedmont

Coastal Plain

Piedmont

Fall Line (between Piedmont & Coastal Plain)

Coastal Plain

Piedmont(Stone Mountain)