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Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.
The Coastal Plain is east of the Fall Line.
The Fall Line
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
This satellite image clearly shows the fall line. Can you see it?
Characteristics of the Coastal PlainCharacteristics of the Coastal PlainThe land is flat. There are many waterways. There is easy access to the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay.
The land is flat. There are many waterways. There is easy access to the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay.
This is what the Atlantic Ocean looks like, right on the beach.
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.
What are the characteristics of the Piedmont?
1. Means “land at the foot of the mountains”
2. Rolling hills3. West of the fall line.
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The Piedmont Region is separated from the Coastal Plain by the Fall Line.
The Fall Line
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
This satellite image clearly shows the fall line. Can you see it?
The Fall Line got its name because that’s where the waterfalls start. There are no waterfalls in the Coastal Plain because the land is too flat. The land rises sharply at the Fall Line.
The Piedmont region is west of the Fall Line.
Fall Line
The Piedmont Region has rolling hills.
Have you ridden your bike up and down the Piedmont’s rolling hills? Which do you like better, up or down?
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.
What are the characteristics of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
1. Old, rounded mountains
2. Part of the Appalachian mountain system
3. Located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions
4. Source of many rivers
The Blue Ridge Mountains are old, rounded mountains.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the Appalachian mountain
system.
The Appalachian mountain system stretches from Maine to Georgia.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are located between the Piedmont
and the Valley and Ridge regions.
The Blue Ridge Mountains are the source of many rivers.
Source: the beginning
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What are the characteristics of the Valley and Ridge Region?
Fog hangs over the valley, as the surrounding ridges peek through the clouds.
•The Valley and Ridge Region is west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
•The Valley and Ridge Region includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges.
The Valley and Ridge Region is west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Valley and Ridge Region includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges.Water rushing over
rocks, tumbling downhill, is a common sight along the Valley and Ridge Region’s numerous creeks.
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.
What are the characteristics of the Appalachian Plateau?
What are the characteristics of the Appalachian Plateau?
What is a plateau?
A coal mining town in the Appalachian Plateau, around 1900
A plateau is an area of elevated land that is flat on top.
A plateau is an area of elevated land that is flat on top.
What is a plateau?
What is a plateau?
Elevated: up high
Would you like to go four-wheeling in the Appalachian Plateau?
The Appalachian Plateau is located in southwest Virginia.
The Appalachian Plateau extends into other states, like Kentucky and Tennessee. Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is in Virginia.
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.
Let’s review the Coastal Plain:
•Also called Tidewater
•Flat land
•Location near the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay
•Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula east of the Chesapeake Bay
•East of the Fall Line
Let’s review the Piedmont:•Land at the foot of the mountains
•Rolling hills
•West of the Fall Line
Let’s review the Blue Ridge Mountains:
•Old, rounded mountains
•Part of the Appalachian mountain system
•Located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions
• Source of many rivers
Let’s review the Valley and Ridge:
•Includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges
•The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Valley and Ridge regions are part of the Appalachian mountain system
•Located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Let’s review the Appalachian Plateau:
Let’s review the Appalachian Plateau:
•Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is flat on top•Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is flat on top•Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is
located in Virginia•Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is
located in Virginia•Located in southwest Virginia•Located in southwest Virginia
Children prefer bananas, vegetables, and apples.