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Geographic regions have distinctive characteristics.

Virginia can be divided into

five geographic regions.

Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

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Flat land

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Location near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay

(includes Eastern Shore)

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East of the Fall Line

Piedmont (land at the foot of mountains)

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Rolling hills

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West of the Fall Line

Blue Ridge Mountains

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Old, rounded mountains

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Part of Appalachian mountain system

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Located between the Piedmont and Valley and

Ridge regions

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Source of many rivers

Valley and Ridge

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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.)

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Located west of Blue Ridge Mountains

Appalachian Plateau

(Plateau: Area of elevated land that

is flat on top)

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Located in Southwest Virginia

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Only a small part of the plateau is located in Virginia

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