Transcript Warm-Up #2 OL Chapter 1 Sec. 2 review

Warm-Up #3 OL/#2 AC
Chapter 1 Sec. 2 review
• 1) Which of Georgia’s physiographic regions
occupies the largest land area in the state?
• 2) Which of Georgia’s physiographic regions
has the largest population?
• 3) What is the Fall line?
Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain
• Largest land region in
GA
• Once under ocean
• Limestone – from
seashell deposition
• Sediment from
The Piedmont
--Largest POPULATION
-Georgia’s 2nd largest
province
-French word for “foot
of the mountains”
-500 - 1700 feet above
sea level
 The interior boundary of the
coastal plain is marked by
the Fall Line.
 This line is actually a zone the prehistoric shoreline
 The land north of it is higher
in elevation, causing rivers
and streams to pick up
speed as they move south
 Home to Okefenokee
Swamp - largest swamp in
North America.