NC Regions

Absolute location describes an object's...

• Exact location using latitude and longitude

• Location in relation to other place's location

• Location based on where North America is located

Match the correct landform with the characteristics

• largest mountain range in the Eastern US

• Appalachian Mountains

• low land that extends along the Atlantic

• Piedmont

• hilly, rolling land in central NC

• Coastal Plain

Relative location describes an object's

• Location using latitude and longitude

• Location using a coordinate grid

• Location in terms of the location of another place

A region is an area defined by

• lakes and rivers

• similar characteristics

• its location on earth

What two parts divide the Coastal Plain? List in alphabetical order.​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• inner
• outer
• sandhills
• tidewater

Match the following

• narrow area of water between 2 islands

• natural resource

• strip of land projecting into water

• sound

• large area of water, forms a channel

• inlet

• things in nature that can be used by us

• cape

All beaches in North Carolina are located along the

• Tidewater Region

• Inner Coastal Plain Region

• Sandhills Region

The Piedmont Region is located between what 2 regions? List in alphabetical order.​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• Coastal Plain
• Southeast Region
• Mountain Region
• Sandhill Region

Match the following

• where bodies of water become shallow

• tributary

• a stream flowing into a larger stream

• shoal

• joins waterfalls on numerous rivers

• fall line

• broad, flat area of high land

• plateau

List in alphabetical order the FOUR rivers that drain from the east side of the Blue Ridge.​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• Catawba River
• Broad River
• Nantahala River
• Mississippi River
• Hudson River
• Dan River
• Yadkin River