Transcript North Carolina

North Carolina
“The Old North State”
Location
The relative
location of North
Carolina is in the
Southeastern
United States
Location
Bordered by:
(north)
Virginia
(south)
South
Carolina
and
Georgia
(west)
Tennessee
(east)
Atlantic
Ocean
The Four Geographical regions
Coastal Plain Region
Inner Coastal Plain
– Farther inland
Tidewater
-closest to the Atlantic Ocean
Tidewater region
Outer Banks
chain of islands
off the coast
of North
Carolina
Tidewater region
Outer Banks
3 Capes
Nickname: Graveyard of the Atlantic
Cape
Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Cape Fear
Tidewater Region
Sounds
Large bodies of
water between
the islands and
the mainland of
North Carolina
Tidewater Region
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Swampy, marshy and sandy soil
Not good for farming
Great Dismal Swamp- share with Virginia
Green Swamp- southeastern NC
Inner Coastal Plain
 Center of Agriculture
 Fertile soil
Fall Line
 An imaginary line that separates the Piedmont
from the Coastal Plain
 At the Fall Line the rivers fall and level off as
they enter the Coastal Plain where they slow
down and become wider
Piedmont
Between the Coastal Plain
and the Mountains
Piedmont
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Center of manufacturing
most populated region
Triangle: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
Triad: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High
Point
 Metro: Charlotte area
Mountains
 Oldest mountains in the world
 Mt. Mitchell: highest peak east of the
Mississippi River
Mountains
The
Appalachian
Mountains
stretch
from
Maine
down to
Georgia
Mountains
Total Population
2000 census-----8,049,313
Ranked
11th in
population
in the US
Rivers of North Carolina
Coastal Plain
• All, except the
Cape Fear, flow
into sounds
Piedmont
Mountains
• All flow into South
Carolina
• Flow into
Tennessee and
end up in the Ohio
River
• Slow moving
• Fast moving;
waterfalls
3.Greensboro
5. Winston-Salem
Largest Cities
4. Durham
2. Raleigh
10. Asheville
1. Charlotte
6. Fayetteville
9. Wilmington
Government
President
Barack Obama
National:
Senators:
Kay Hagan
Richard Burr
US representatives in Congress: 13
State:
Governor: Beverly Perdue
Lt. Governor: Walter Dalton
Governor Beverly Perdue
Local:
Mayor: Bill Bell
Mayor Bill Bell