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North Carolina
Geography
Tour Guide:Ms. Gilmore
Flipped Lesson
• Lecture Online• Students view and take
notes. • Completed as Homework• Class time = application
and deeper exploration.• You will need SS notebook
and pen/pencil• Make sure your sound is
on.
Key Terms
• Geography- study of the earth’s landscape, people, places, and environments
• Bonus: What are the five themes of geography?
Key Terms
• Region: Area defined by shared landforms, culture, or climate.
• Sectionalism: Extreme loyalty to one’s own region of the country
US Physical Characteristics: Regions
North Carolina’s Geographic Regions
• Tidewater• Coastal Plain
• Piedmont• Mountains
The Tidewater Region
• 30-50 miles wide strip of North Carolina (NC) along the Atlantic Ocean
• Water affected by tidal shifts, often brackish
The 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.
The Tidewater Region
• 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
The Tidewater Region• 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.
• 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.
The Coastal Plain Region
• Stretches from Virginia to South Carolina and is about 100 miles wide
• Covers about 1/3 of the state• Rich soil and flat land make area good for farming
The 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
The Piedmont Region
• Large region of NC known for hills and red clay soil
• Red clay is a subsoil brought up through the black woods dirt as a result of timber loss and plowing fields
• Portion of NC in which we live.• Piedmont: from Latin, means “foot of the mountains”
• Over ½ of region forests
The Fall Line• fall line: divides the coastal plain from the
Piedmont – noted by the last “waterfall” a river hits on its way to the ocean
The Mountains Region• Blue Ridge: more than 1,000 ft above the Piedmont
hills; eastern boundary of the Appalachians• Blue Ridge Parkway: road that runs along the top of
the ridge Cherokee NC to Waynesboro, VA• Asheville is largest city in the region• Mt. Mitchell (6,684 ft): highest point east of the Rockies
NC Weather and Climate
• weather: short-term atmospheric conditions• climate: long-term atmospheric conditions• temperate climate: general climate zone for
NC; known for few extremes of temperature or precipitation
• Day-to-day weather, however, varies
North Carolina’s Geographic Regions
• Tidewater• Coastal Plain
• Piedmont• Mountains