Three Major Regions Rank in size North Carolina ranks 28 th in size among the 50 states Yea! We’re #28!!

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Three Major Regions

Rank in size North Carolina ranks 28 th in size among the 50 states Yea! We’re #28!!

NC ranks 3 rd in water surface

Borders Atlantic Ocean

NC has 100 counties

Lincoln County

Fall Line divides Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions

Sounds -separate the Outer Banks from the mainland

The Outer Banks -chains of islands off the coast of NC Nickname of NC’s coast- “Graveyard of the Atlantic”

Jockey’s Ridge -Largest natural sand dunes on the East Coast

Appalachian Mountains -Our Mountain Chain Divided into two mountain ranges: the Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains Great Smokey Mountains Blue Ridge

Mt. Mitchell -highest mountain east of the Mississippi River

Major Rivers of NC Mtns.-French Broad, New Piedmont-Catawba, Yadkin Coastal-Cape Fear, Neuse, Tar-Pamlico