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The Southeast region is made up of how many states?
12
What is something that makes the Southeast Region unique?
It has 2 coasts.
What forms the eastern edge of the Southeast region?
Atlantic Ocean
What is an area sometimes covered with water?
Wetland
What are some examples of wetlands?
swamps, marshes, and bogs
These lie between the mainland and ocean.
Barrier Islands
How are barrier islands created?
They began as sand dunes thousands of years ago, and then when glaciers melted and the ocean rose, the dunes became islands.
This flat land stretches along both the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Coastal plain
What is the name of a wetland found on the Coastal Plain?
The Dismal Swamp
An area of high land at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains with rolling hills that are covered with forests; it means “foot of the mountain.”
piedmont
The drop off line of waterfalls between the higher land of the piedmont and the lower land of the Coastal Plain where rivers tumble down.
Fall line
The Appalachians have chains in the Southeast. What are their names?
The Allegheny, Great Smoky, and Blue Ridge.
What natural resources can be found in the Appalachians?
Coal and wood
The Appalachians begin in __________ and end in ______________.
Maine, Georgia
The largest river in the United States that passes through the region on its way to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River
An area where all the water drains in one direction.
watershed
