GA studies-8th grade-unit 1

Georgia's smallest region in the Northwestern corner of the state

• blue ridge

• appalachian plateau

• piedmont

• ridge and valley

• coastal plain

this region consists of several mountain ridges and the valleys created between them

• appalachian plateau

• ridge and valley

• blue ride

• coastal plain

• piedmont

this region contains the southernmost point of the Appalachian mountains and the highest point in GA

• valley and ridge

• coastal plains

• blue ridge

• piedmont

this region begins at the fall line and extends south towards GA's border

• blue ridge

• valley and ridge

• piedmont

• coastal plains

this region has rolling hills and stretches across the 'middle' of GA. Has the highest population.

• piedmont

• coastal plains

• valley and ridge

• appalachian plateau

These regions have a cool climate due to higher elevations.

• piedmont

• coastal plains

• valley and ridge

• blue ridge

• appalachian mountain

this region(s) is very hot and humid during summers and winters are cool and mild

• coastal plains

• valley and ridge

• piedmont

• blue ridge

This region(s) is hot and humid in summers and quite cold in winters

• piedmont

• coastal plains

• blue ridge

• valley and ridge

an area of land where the elevation decreases, impacting the flow of water in rivers and streams

• okefenokee swamp

• fall line

• savannah river

• barrier islands

second largest body of freshwater swamp in the U.S.

• fall line

• okefenokee swamp

• chattahoochee river

• savannah river