Landforms
Vocabulary
Coastal Region
Piedmont Region
Mountain Region
100
a line of mountains connected by high ground
What is a mountain range?
100
A location that is specific (using coordinates of a map)
What is absolute location?
100
The coastal plain is divided into two parts called the ______ and ____.
What is the inner coastal plain and outer coastal plain.
100
The land here is a broad flat area of high land.
What is the Piedmont Plateau.
100
Separate the Piedmont from the Mountain region.
What is the Blue Ridge Mountains.
200
A broad flat area of high land raised above the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
200
A location of where something is in relation to something else.
What is relative location?
200
NC's largest wetland.
What is The Great Dismal Swamp?
200
This separates the waters that flow into the Gulf of Mexico from the waters that flow into the Atlantic.
What is the Eastern Continental Divide?
200
This river was believed to be the second oldest in the world.
What is the New.
300
a strip of land projecting into a body of water.
What is a cape?
300
Anything found in nature that can be used by humans.
What is a natural resource?
300
A natural resource found here is
What is blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, tabacco,etc.
300
A semicircular band of cities and towns extending from Raleigh to Charlotte.
What is the Piedmont Urban Crescent.
300
Agricultural crops found in the Mountain region include.
What is sweet corn, wheat, oats, barely, etc.
400
a narrow area of water between two islands that leads to the land from the sea or lake.
What is an inlet?
400
The science or occupation of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
What is agriculture?
400
The place where shifting sand caused many ships to sink.
What is The Graveyard of the Atlantic
400
The highest point in NC.
What is Mount Mitchell?
400
This causes water on the east side to flow to the Atlantic Ocean and water on the west side to flow to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Eastern Continental Divide.
500
A wide area of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and forms a channel between the mainland or island.
What is a sound?
500
A naturally occurring element or compound.
What is a mineral?
500
All of the beaches are located here.
What is the tidewater region?
500
The largest planned research center.
What is Research Triangle Park.
500
The most prominent industry in the mountains is the raising and buying of?
What is Fraser Fir Christmas trees.
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