North Carolina and the United States Geography
Sep 03, 2014
North Carolina and the
United States Geography
Vocabulary Region: A specific area where the lay of the land and the
habits of the people are much the same.
Climate: A characteristic of a region used to describe its long-term atmospheric conditions.
Tidewater Region: A North Carolina region that has sandy soil, barrier islands, sounds, and its main economy is dependent on tourism and fishing.
Coastal Plain Region: A North Carolina region that has flat fertile soil, sandhills, and its main economy dependent on military bases, golfing, and agriculture.
Piedmont Region: A North Carolina region that has clay soil, pine tree forests, hilly land, the fall line, and its main economy dependent on technology, banking, and education.
Vocabulary Mountain Region: A North Carolina region that
has rocky soil, the Appalachian Mountain Range, Blue Ridge Mountains, Smoky Mountains and its main economy dependent on tourism and the Christmas tree industry.
Gulf Stream: The ocean current that runs northward along the North Carolina coast; it carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic Ocean.
Sandhills: Rolling sand ridges where little grows.
Sound: An inland body of mixed water.
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Regions of the USA
Southwest
Midwest West
Northeast Southeast
4 Regions of North Carolina
Tidewater Region
Tidewater Region Borders Atlantic Ocean
Barrier Islands-Long chain of islands off the coast of NC include the most famous, Outer Banks.
The barrier islands are ever shifting and vary in size due to tides and wind patterns.
Among the barrier islands are some famous Capes in North Carolina
Cape-a pointed piece of land
that sticks out into a sea, ocean
lake, or river.
North Carolina Capes:
Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras
A sound is a wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline; it often separates a coastline from a nearby island and is usually a mixture of salt and fresh water
Major Sounds in North Carolina:
Currituck Sound, Albemarle Sound, Pamlico Sound, Core Sound and Bogue Sound.
The largest and deepest sound is the Pamlico Sound
Climate of the Tidewater Region:
Mild Winters and Moderate Summers make the climate of this area welcoming to visitors.
Coastal Plain
Sandhills
Fertile Soil
Coastal Plain Region Has some of the best farmland in NC due to
rich sandy soil.
Sandhills, an area of flat rolling hills part of Coastal Plain. Poorest soil in the state.
Pinehurst is a popular part of the Sandhills due to the golf courses, which is important industry in Sandhills.
Piedmont
Clay Soil
Piedmont Region Known for the red clay.
Portion of NC that we live in
Fall Line separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain
Distinct landform in Piedmont is the monadnocks.
Monadnocks- a point of land that stands out because all the land around it has been eroded around it.
Pilot Mountain is the most famous of these
Mountains
Mountains Mountain Region is the region furthest west
in NC.
Blue Ridge Mountains form the eastern boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.
Appalachian Mountains contain Mt.Mitchell, which is the tallest Mountain east of the Rocky Mountains.
Great Smoky Mountains another famous mountain range in NC
North Carolina
Neuse RiverCape Fear River
Tar River
Atlantic OceanPamlico Sound
Albemarle Sound
New BernWilmington
Raleigh
Greensboro
North Carolina
Appalachian Mountains
Charlotte
Ashville
North Carolina
Tennessee
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
The United States
Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Mexico
Pacific Ocean Great Lakes Canada
The United States
Houston New York Boston San Francisco Colorado River
Chicago Miami New Orleans Raleigh Rio Grande River
Other Major US Rivers
Ohio River
Missouri River
Mississippi River