Blue Ridge Basics
This Georgia region is located in the northeastern part of the state.
What is the Blue Ridge region?
Many rushing streams in the mountains create these dramatic drops in water.
What are waterfalls?
This large mammal with dark fur lives in the Blue Ridge forests.
What is a black bear?
These Indigenous people lived in the Blue Ridge region long before European settlers arrived.
Who are the Cherokee?
From far away, the mountains often appear to be this color.
What is blue?
The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of this much larger mountain system.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This major Georgia river begins in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
What is the Chattahoochee River?
Oak, hickory, and pine are examples of these that cover much of the region.
What are trees?
The discovery of this valuable metal near Dahlonega started a rush in 1829.
What is gold?
Trees release natural chemicals called these, shortened to VOCs.
What are volatile organic compounds?
At 4,784 feet, this is the highest point in Georgia.
What is Brasstown Bald?
A low area of land found between mountains is called this.
What is a valley?
The cool, wet mountain habitat is perfect for these small amphibians.
What are salamanders?
This Georgia mountain town is designed to look like a village in the Alps.
What is Helen?
When VOCs mix with moisture, they help form tiny particles that do this to sunlight.
What is scatter the light?
These mountains have rounded tops because wind, water, and ice have worn them down over time.
What is erosion?
Tallulah Gorge was carved over time by this moving body of water.
What is the Tallulah River?
This hoofed animal is commonly seen in Blue Ridge forests.
What is a white-tailed deer?
This famous trail crosses Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains and continues all the way to Maine.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
This color of light scatters especially well, helping create the mountains' blue haze.
What is blue light?
The Blue Ridge has Georgia's highest elevations and some of its coolest this.
What are temperatures?
The steep slopes cause rainwater to move quickly downhill in this process.
What is runoff?
Forests give animals food, water, shelter, and this—a place to live.
What is a habitat?
At 729 feet, this is the tallest waterfall in Georgia.
What is Amicalola Falls?
The Blue Ridge looks bluer on warm days because trees release more VOCs when the air is this.
What is warm?