1. North Carolina Landforms, Weather, and Climate

2. Landforms

3. Regions of North Carolina Coastal Plain –Two main subregions: Outer Coastal Plain Inner Coastal Plain (includes Sandhills) Piedmont Mountains

4. Major Geographic Regions

5. Geographic View

6. Coastal Plains Features of the Coastal Plain –Barrier Islands –Coastal Plain Terraces –Pocosins –Carolina Bays

7. Barrier Islands

8. Coastal Plain Terraces

9. Oceanic Invasion of the South

10. The Formation of a Pocosin

11. A Typical Pocosin Profile

12. Carolina Bays

13. Piedmont Drained by a number of rivers, including the Dan, Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear, Yadkin, and Catawba

14. Mountains Main chains of mountain ranges running from northeast to southwest Other chains run between the main chains, creating coves, basins, and valleys.

15. Mountain Ranges

16. Weather and Climate

17. Climatic Considerations Geographic Considerations –Air Masses –Elevation –Bodies of Water Climatic Concerns –Temperature –Precipitation –Sunshine –Frost

18. Exceptional Weather Tornados Hurricanes

19. Climatic Measures Average Temperatures Frost-Free Seasons Average Annual Rainfall

20. January Average Temperatures

21. July Average Temperatures

22. Average Frost Free Days

23. Average Annual Precipitation