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No. 1Georgia’s Geography
SS8G1 The student will describe Georgia with regard to physical features and
location.(a, b, c, d)
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• Location?
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Location:• Georgia is located on the
southeastern coast of the U.S.
• It’s absolute location is 30°-35° N latitude and 80° - 85° W longitude
• It’s relative location is north of Florida, east of Alabama and south of Tennessee
• Georgia is located in the Northern and Western Hemisphere
• Within Georgia there are five geographic regions and many natural physical features
CREATED/PUBLISHEDCincinnati, E. Mendenhall, 1864
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Can you locate Georgia?
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The Regions of Georgia are based upon physical geography and are
referred to as …
naturalhistory.uga.eduHodler, T.W. and H.A. Schretter. 1986. The Atlas of Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens.
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Blue Ridge• Located in the northeastern corner of the
state below North Carolina and west of South Carolina
• It’s major physical feature is the mountain ranges of Cohutta and Blue Ridge
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Ridge and Valley
• Located between Blue Ridge and Appalachian Plateau regions in north Georgia
• Georgia’s “Apple Capital”• Carpet Capital of the world is in Dalton, GA
which is located in this region
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Appalachian Plateau• TAG corner, northwestern
edge of the state on the borders of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
• Smallest region• Many historic Civil War
battles took place here, i.e. Chickamauga
• Lookout Mt with many hardwood forests
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Piedmont• Known for its red clay and rolling hills• Home of the state’s capital, Atlanta, and most
of the state’s population (½)• North of the fall line• Was once known as the cotton belt• produces wheat, soybeans, corn, poultry and
cattle, also much of the states business and industry are found here
• Chattahoochee, Flint, Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers
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Atlanta
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Fall Line• Boundary between the rolling hills of the
Piedmont and softer soil of the Coastal Plain region
• Marks the ancient shore line when the Atlantic Ocean once covered the Coastal Plain
• Many cities are located along this line that marks a change in elevation
• Columbus, Macon, Milledgeville, Thomason and Augusta
• Waterfalls provide a good source of power
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Savannah River near Augusta, fall line waterfall.
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Coastal Plain• Largest region, located south of the Piedmont and
Fall Line• Includes the 14 Barrier Islands• The rivers Savannah, Ogeechee, Altamaha, Satilla and
St. Marys all empty into the Atlantic Ocean in this region
• Many of the State’s valuable crops are farmed in this region’s fertile soil, Vidalia onions, peanuts, pecans, corn and soybeans
• Important wetlands such as the freshwater Okefenokee Swamp and the tidewater salt marshes
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Farms, Islands,Salt Marshes
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SS8G2 The student will explain how Interstate Highway System, Hartsfield-Jackson International
Airport, and Georgia's deep-water ports help drive the states economy.
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Georgia has a vast network of Interstate Highways which connect many of our borders and cities.
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Interstate Highways• Five major interstates include: I-85, I-75, I-20, I-95, I-16• Interstate highways have
limited access and higher speeds compared to regular roadways. This transportation mode moves people and products across our state quickly.
• Multiple jobs are required to maintain these roads, support the travelers, and provide for the motor vehicles
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Income is generated from roads…
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Georgia has two major deep-water ports, Savannah and Brunswick.
• Not only do these ports provide jobs for Georgians but they move foreign and domestic products into Georgia, (known as container shipping)
• These ports are then connected to the Interstate system as well as Georgia’s vast railroad network.
• Thereby, providing more jobs to transport and sell these goods.
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Waterways• Georgia also has two inland barge terminals ,
Bainbridge and Columbus • There are also many rivers in Georgia which provided
early settlers with a ready means for travel
• The largest rivers in Georgia are the Savannah, Chattahoochee, Flint, Altamaha, Ogeechee, Oconee, Ocumulgee, St. Marys and Satilla
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Airports• Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport in Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world. This links our local businesses with the world.
• Hub for Delta, Airtran, UPS
• Georgia has 104 total airports
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Railroads• Railroads are connected to the deep water
ports and to many cities in Georgia as well as across the country.
• Georgia’s major Railroads are CSX, Norfolk Southern, and GDOT short lines.
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Georgia’s Railroads
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Georgia’s physical features
• There are five physiographic regions • Many rivers, mountains, swamps, marshlands,
and barrier islands• Transportation is key to Georgia’s economic
development with the many miles of interstate highways, railroads, deep-water ports and airports
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For addition information on regions or transportation try these websites
• http://naturalhistory.uga.edu/~gmnh/gawildlife/index.php?page=information/regions University of Georgia Museum of Natural History
• http://www.n-georgia.com Maps of Georgia• http://www.georgia.org/Pages/default.aspxGeorgia Department of Economic Development• www.georgiaencyclopedia.org