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Maps and Regions

Maps and Regions. Virginia is bordered by. MD. WV. Chesapeake Bay. VA. NC. *. KY. Atlantic Ocean. TN. *. *. Virginia has 5 regions. Valley & Ridge. Appalachian Plateau. Piedmont. Tidewater. Blue Ridge Mountains. There are many peninsulas in the Tidewater region. Eastern Shore.

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Maps and Regions

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  1. Maps and Regions

  2. Virginia is bordered by... MD WV Chesapeake Bay VA NC * KY Atlantic Ocean TN * *

  3. Virginia has 5 regions. Valley & Ridge Appalachian Plateau Piedmont Tidewater Blue Ridge Mountains

  4. There are many peninsulas in the Tidewater region. Eastern Shore

  5. What forms a natural border between the Tidewater and Piedmont regions? Fall Line

  6. There are four major rivers: Rappahannock Potomac York James PLEASE READ YOUR JOURNAL!

  7. Can you name these cities? Alexandria Fredericksburg Richmond Yorktown Salem

  8. Let’s play Name That Region

  9. source of many rivers Blue Ridge Mountains

  10. “land at the foot of the mountains” Piedmont

  11. Tidewater low, flat land

  12. Southwest Virginia Appalachian Plateau

  13. rolling hills Piedmont

  14. Appalachian Plateau elevated land that is flat on top

  15. borders Atlantic Ocean Tidewater

  16. Blue Ridge Mountains old, rounded mountains

  17. includes the Great Valley Valley & Ridge

  18. part of the Appalachian Mountain system Valley & Ridge Blue Ridge Mountains

  19. Tidewater part of the Coastal Plain

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