5 geographic regions in Ga.

The following are five (5) geographic regions in Georgia which are distinct:

1. The Coastal Plain

2. The Appalachian Plateau

3. The Piedmont

4. The Valley and Ridge

5. The Blue Ridge

1. The Costal Plains: It is flat and is covered in a mixture of sand, limestone and clay. In the Coastal Plains, major water features are seen. Some of them are Lake Seminole, the Alapana, Satilla, etc. This region can be seen in the Southern and Southeastern region of Georgia. They go east and south of the Fall line.

2. Appalachian Plateau: It is a flatland with high elevation. It acts as the western border for Appalachian Mountains and it is characterized by limestone caves. It actually occupies a small corner of northwest Georgia.

3. The Piedmont: In this region, rolling hills which have valleys are seen. It is featured with tall hills in some areas. Solid rocks are found in this area. It lies between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Upper Ridge Mountains. It is located in the Southeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

4. The Ridge And Valley: This region has long and parallel ridges and rolling valleys. This region is located west of the Blue Ridge. It stretches from northern New York to Alabama thereby crossing northwest of Georgia.

5. The Blue Ridge: The mountains in this region actually consist of the highest mountain range found in the state. It is located in the North Georgia mountains.

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)