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Locate and compare major topographical features of Georgia and describe how these features define Georgia’s surface.

a. Locate and compare the geographic regions of Georgia: Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Ridge and Valley, and Appalachian Plateau.

b. Locate on a physical map the major rivers: Savannah, Flint, and Chattahoochee.

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John Abbot

John Abbot

1751-ca. 1840
Appalachian Plateau Geologic Province

Appalachian Plateau Geologic Province

Appalachian Trail

Appalachian Trail

William Bartram in Georgia

William Bartram in Georgia

Blackbeard Island

Blackbeard Island

Blue Ridge Geologic Province

Blue Ridge Geologic Province

Blue Ridge Mountains

Blue Ridge Mountains

Brownfields

Brownfields

Caves

Caves

Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River

Chattooga River

Chattooga River

Coastal Plain Geologic Province

Coastal Plain Geologic Province

Environmental History of Georgia

Environmental History of Georgia

Overview
Estuaries

Estuaries

Fall Line

Fall Line

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Fernbank Museum of Natural History

Flint River

Flint River

Geographic Regions of Georgia

Geographic Regions of Georgia

Overview
Georgia Conservancy

Georgia Conservancy

Granite Outcrops

Granite Outcrops

Human History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Human History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Industrial Toxins

Industrial Toxins

Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island

Lower Coastal Plain and Coastal Islands

Lower Coastal Plain and Coastal Islands

Natural History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Natural History of the Okefenokee Swamp

Leon Neel

Leon Neel

1927-2019
Ocmulgee River

Ocmulgee River

Offshore Waters

Offshore Waters

Ossabaw Island

Ossabaw Island

Piedmont Geographic Region

Piedmont Geographic Region

Providence Canyon

Providence Canyon

River Basins

River Basins

Sandhills

Sandhills

Sapelo Island

Sapelo Island

Savannah River

Savannah River

Sea Island

Sea Island

Soils

Soils

St. Simons Island

St. Simons Island

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act

SARA
Tallulah Falls and Gorge

Tallulah Falls and Gorge

Tidal Marshes

Tidal Marshes

Tybee Island

Tybee Island

Upper Coastal Plain

Upper Coastal Plain

Valley and Ridge Geologic Province

Valley and Ridge Geologic Province

Wassaw Island

Wassaw Island

Waterfalls

Waterfalls

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