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NC RegionsNC RegionsKatie Brickhouse
Sara Selby
Samantha Ringlein
Coastal PlainCoastal Plain
Katie Brickhouse
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.
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
The Outer BanksThe Outer Banks
Made of Marshes and Swamps
Has many beaches Is near the ocean
TidewaterTidewater
15 natural lakes The largest lake is lake
Mattamuskeet,it is 5 feet deep.
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
PiedmontPiedmont
Sara Selby
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
ClimateClimate
The climate is 1.1Daytime high temperatures are often over
90 F (32.2 C) in the summer
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.
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
North Carolina MountainsNorth Carolina Mountains
Samantha Ringlein
Mountain RocksMountain Rocks
Contain the oldest rocks in North Carolina
Slightly younger rocks in the eastern mountains by several fault zones
Mountain Peaks Mountain Peaks
the mountains have a lot of snow
it has it at the top of the mountains which is the peak
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.