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description | region |
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Greatest precipitation in GA | Blue Ridge |
Starting point of Savanna and Chattahooche rivers | Blue Ridge |
Brasstown Bald (highest point in GA) | Blue Ridge |
Apple capitals (Ellijay and Gilmore county) | Blue Ridge |
Named for blue tips of mountains | Blue Ridge |
limestone and granite | Blue Ridge |
Fort Mountain State Park | Valley and Ridge |
Cherokee homes | Valley and Ridge |
Carpet capital of the world (Dalton) | Valley and Ridge |
New Echota (first capital of Cherokee Nation) | Valley and Ridge |
James Vann- First principal chief of modern Cherokees (his home was the principal land) | Valley and Ridge |
Stonewall built by native americans | Valley and Ridge |
Appalachian Mountains that go from GA to Canada | Appalachian Plateau |
lookout mountain "Lovers Leap" | Appalachian Plateau |
Sand mountain and lookout mountain are transition point between Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia *TAG* | Appalachian Plateau |
Cloudland canyon- deep gorge with waterfalls | Appalachian Plateau |
tufting (method that makes carpets) | valley and ridge |
Worlds busiest airport (Hartsfield Jackson) | Piedmont |
Ga heartland | Piedmont |
"foot of the mountain" | Piedmont |
Delta headquarters | Piedmont |
MLK birthplace | Piedmont |
I85, I75, and I20 connect in downtown ATL | Piedmont |
Olympics held here in 1996; improved ecomony | Piedmont |
Stone Mountain *carvings of confederates* | Piedmont |
Home of UGA, Emory, and GA tech *major universities* | Piedmont |
GA red clay | Piedmont |
Hi- Tech jobs = high population | Piedmont |
CDC headquarters | Piedmont |
half of population in this region | Piedmont |
fall line between piedmont and this region | coastal plain |
inner and outer sections of this region | coastal plain |
warm springs (constant 88 degrees) | coastal plain |
little white house | coastal plain |
cotton fields (most widely grown crop in GA) | coastal plain |
Vidalia onions (state veggie, very sweet, famous worldwide, GA is only producer) | coastal plain |
Savanna, GA (first city and state capital bc of james oglethorpe) | coastal plain |
peanuts, pecans, and corn | coastal plain |
okefenokee swamp | coastal plain |