2. Three Major Regions

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

4. NC ranks 3 rd in water surface

5. Borders Atlantic Ocean

6. NC has 100 counties

7. Lincoln County

8. Fall Line divides Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions

9. Sounds -separate the Outer Banks from the mainland

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

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

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

13. Mt. Mitchell -highest mountain east of the Mississippi River

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