Geography in the Southeast

Lower Region  Beaches  Swamps  Wetlands  Great Dismal Swamp in south of Virginia and northern part of North Carolina  Okefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia and Northern Florida  One of the largest swamps in North America

Everglades  Southern Florida  Marshes and swamps

Atlantic Coastal Plain Gulf Coastal Plain  Land along Atlantic  Almost all a flat plain  Southward from Maryland to Florida  Land along the gulf of Mexico  Almost all a flat plain

Appalachian Mountains  West of the Piedmont  Divide between the rivers that flow into the Atlantic and those that drain into the Gulf of Mexico  Blue Ridge Mountains  Central part of Appalachians  Dense forests

Piedmont Plateau  Great for farming  Forests  Orchards  Pastures  Fall Line  Between highlands of the Piedmont Plateau and the lowlands of the Coastal Plain

Fertile Lowland  Extends southward across Kentucky and Tennessee into Alabama  Good soil for tobacco and dairy farming

Rivers  Rivers cut through the Coastal Plain leading to the Atlantic Ocean or the gulf of Mexico  Mississippi River  Delta soil  Fertile

Fertile Soil  Fertile soil in large port cities of Norfolk, Virginia, and Savannah, Georgia

You teach me!  You may use this information and maps to make a map of the physical features of the southeast.

What does fertile mean?  On the back of your map, make an inference of what you think the definition of fertile may be.  We will hear this term again throughout the unit and learn how it connects to the southeast region.