Regions of Georgia Part 3

1. Regions of GeorgiaPart 3

2. Piedmont • Means “foot of the mountains” • Almost ½ of Georgia’s population live here • Major cities: Atlanta, Athens (UGA), Augusta • Granite and marble deposits (Stone Mountain) • Red clay and rolling hills • Known as “Cotton Belt” during Civil War

3. Piedmont is made up of low hills and narrow valleys. • Removal of the mature forest and replacement of the vegetation with tobacco or cotton crops resulted in rapid erosion of the soil followed by reduction in yield of the crops. • Oaks instead of pines originally.

4. Warm Springs • FDR 1924-1945…except 1942 • Little White House • Stone Mountain • The world's largest piece of exposed granite. • Jefferson Davis on Blackjack, Robert E. Lee on Traveler and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Little Sorrel.

5. Coastal Plain • Once covered by ocean • Largest region • Rich soil grows cotton, peaches, peanuts) • Beaches and historical tourism (Savannah) • Barrier Islands • Over the decades the pulp and paper industry expanded at the expense of the fishing industry, which has suffered greatly from pollution caused by the paper mills.

6. Okefenokee Swamp • In 1937 U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt provided official protection from logging and development by establishing the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which constitutes about 80 percent of the swamp. • The Okefenokee is the largest "blackwater" swamp in North America. • The St. MarysRiver and the Suwanee River both originate in the swamp. The Suwanee River drains at least 90% of the swamp's water southwest towards the Gulf of Mexico. The St. Marys River, which drains only 5–10%, empties into the Atlantic.

7. Piedmont

8. Coastal Plain

9. Piedmont

10. Fall Line (between Piedmont & Coastal Plain)

11. Coastal Plain

12. Piedmont (Stone Mountain)