This lesson contains 15 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 15 min
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Virginia's 5 Regions
Virginia is separated into five geographic regions. Each region offers different sights, land forms, industries, and products. The diversity of our state's regions help make Virginia a beautiful and exciting place to live!
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Costal Plain
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Costal Plain
AKA Tidewater Region -named for the major rivers that rise and fall with the ocean's tides
The Land - low flat land
Products - peanuts, cotton, soybeans
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Piedmont
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Piedmont
AKA Italian for "foot of the mountain"
The Land - low plateau with rolling plains
Products - textiles, tobacco, cotton, corn, information technology
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Blue Ridge Mountains
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Blue Ridge Mountains
They look blue from a distance
The Land - mountainous landscape covered with forest, valleys
Products - apples
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Valley & Ridge
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Valley & Ridge
Pleasant climate: warm in summer/not too cold in winter