Kid friendly fun facts about the georgia coastal plain region.

These here below are some Kid Friendly Fun Facts about the Georgia Coastal Plain region.

Explanation:

We can find the Coastal Plain Region in Georgia.

Did you know that Georgia is the 4th-state?  Did you know that Georgia has a nickname? It’s The Peach State! (Because the Cherokee indians used to grow this fruit here during the 17th-century.)

Here are some interesting facts about the Georgia Coastal Plain Region:

You can find it in the southern part of Georgia It’s the largest geographical region of the state (60% of Georgia) The region is divided into the Upper Plains and Lower Plains, but It’s just flat land - there are no steep hills here but savannahs (wild and green grass prairies) The Upper Plains are really good for agriculture The Lower Plains are along the coast and here is where the swamps are During the Prehistoric period, the ocean covered the Coastal Plain Region  The climate is very humid! And it’s mild weather - winters are cool and summers are hot - but it rains a lot! There’s a lot of water around: rivers, waterways, beaches, waterfalls, marshes and swamps Georgia Coastal Plain has the largest swamp in North America: the Okefenokee Swamp, with 700 square miles The swamps is the home to alligators The most common animals living in this region are: deer, armadillos, rattlesnakes, woodpeckers, cranes, wild boar, squirrels and snapping turtles  There are plenty of cypress trees and orchards

People usually say that if you’re visiting Georgia and you miss The Plains, you miss visiting the whole state!

When a lake, river or other aquatic  system  becomes  eutrophic, it can have serious negative effects on other organisms like fish, birds and even people.if an algal bloom is so bad that it causes wide-spread death  in  the  water, the organisms that die will all sink to the bottom and start to decompose.