EQ: What are the five physical regions of Georgia?

1. Write EQ: What are the five physical regions of Georgia? PT: Describe the region in which you live.

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3. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate Water Resources Landform Character- istics Other Natural Resources Economy Interesting Facts Name: Period Date:

4. Write In north Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, many rivers have been dammed to create lakes.

5. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate Water Resources dammed rivers - create lakes Landform Character- istics Other Natural Resources Interesting Facts Other Facts Name: Period Date:

6. Write BRASSTOWN BALD Georgia’s Highest Point – 4,784 ft. Blue Ridge Mountains

7. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate Water Resources dammed rivers - create lakes Landform Character- istics Brasstown Bald -highest point -4,784 ft. Other Natural Resources Economy Interesting Facts Name: Period Date:

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9. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate mild summers colder winters Water Resources dammed rivers - create lakes Landform Character- istics Brasstown Bald -highest point -4,784 ft. Other Natural Resources Economy short growing season Interesting Facts Name: Period Date:

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15. Discuss Blue Ridge - part of: Appalachian Highlands - stretches: NE Georgia (GA) to southern Pennsylvania (PA) - hiker’s path 2,158 miles through Appalachian Highlands to Maine (ME)

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17. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate mild summers colder winters Water Resources dammed rivers - create lakes -many rivers Landform Character- istics Brasstown Bald -highest point -4,784 ft. Other Natural Resources highest erosion good timber Economy short growing season small farms apples, corn Interesting Facts Chattahoochee Savannah River begin here Name: Period Date:

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21. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate mild summers colder winters longer growing season than BR valleys protected Water Resources dammed rivers - create lakes -many rivers shallow - fast moving streams with rapids Landform Character- istics Brasstown Bald -highest point -4,784 ft. parallel ridges and valleys sedimentary deposits Other Natural Resources highest erosion good timber ridges-sandstone valleys-limestone and shale Economy short growing season small farms apples, corn ridges-forests valleys-farmland pasture land Interesting Facts Chattahoochee Savannah River begin here corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton Name: Period Date:

23. Read/Write Appalachian Plateau

24. Fill-In Georgia’s Five Physical Regions Blue Ridge Ridge & Valley Plateau Piedmont Coastal Plain Weather and Climate mild summers colder winters longer growing season than BR valleys protected milder summers colder winters snow and ice Water Resources dammed rivers - create lakes -many rivers shallow - fast moving streams with rapids shallow - fast moving streams with rapids Landform Character- istics Brasstown Bald -highest point -4,784 ft. parallel ridges and valleys sedimentary deposits NE part of GA tip of Cumberland Plateau Other Natural Resources highest erosion good timber ridges-sandstone valleys-limestone and shale only place in Georgia where coal is found Economy short growing season small farms apples, corn ridges-forests valleys-farmland pasture land hardwoods, pasture land some corn, soybeans Interesting Facts Chattahoochee Savannah River begin here corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton flat-topped Mts. Sand Mt. Lookout Mt. Pigeon Mt. Name: Period Date: