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Geography of North Carolina

Geography of North Carolina. Five Themes of Geography. Location Place Region Movement Human Environment Interaction. Regions of N.C. Piedmont. Mountains. Coastal Plains. North Carolina. Climate Resources. 3 Regions Land Coastal Plains Piedmont Mountains.

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Geography of North Carolina

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  1. Geography of North Carolina

  2. Five Themes of Geography • Location • Place • Region • Movement • Human Environment Interaction

  3. Regions of N.C. Piedmont Mountains Coastal Plains

  4. North Carolina Climate Resources 3 Regions Land Coastal Plains Piedmont Mountains

  5. North Carolina ranks 28th among the 50 states in size! • 60% of North Carolina is covered by forest!

  6. Climate and Weather of N.C. • N.C. has warm, humid summers and cool, damp winters!

  7. Geography Notes • Outer Banks • Coastal Plain • Tidewater • Piedmont • Climate • Long chain of sandbars and islands off the coast of North Carolina. • Broad, flat region in North Carolina that stretches 100 to 150 miles inland from the Ocean. • Low-lying eastern part of North Carolina’s Coastal Plain. • Hilly region between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains. • The main kind of weather that a region experiences over an extended period.

  8. Natural Resources of N.C. • North Carolina has over 300 different kinds of rocks! • The dogwood is the state flower!

  9. Wildlife of N.C. • Black Bears • Opossums • Wildcats • Deer • Rabbits • Birds

  10. Water • The Atlantic Ocean borders North Carolina to the east. • N.C. has the Cape Fear River, Pee Dee River, Neuse River and Roanoke Rivers.

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