Virginia Regions Powerpoint 1

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What are the characteristics of What are the characteristics of the Coastal Plain?the Coastal Plain?What are the characteristics of What are the characteristics of the Coastal Plain?the Coastal Plain?

1.1. Also known as TidewaterAlso known as Tidewater

2.2. Located near the Atlantic Ocean and the Located near the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay

3.3. Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay

4.4. Flat landFlat land

5.5. East of the Fall LineEast of the Fall Line

6.6. Major product: seafoodMajor product: seafood

7.7. Major industries: shipbuilding, tourism, Major industries: shipbuilding, tourism, federal military installationsfederal military installations

1.1. Also known as TidewaterAlso known as Tidewater

2.2. Located near the Atlantic Ocean and the Located near the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay

3.3. Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake BayChesapeake Bay

4.4. Flat landFlat land

5.5. East of the Fall LineEast of the Fall Line

6.6. Major product: seafoodMajor product: seafood

7.7. Major industries: shipbuilding, tourism, Major industries: shipbuilding, tourism, federal military installationsfederal military installations


The Coastal Plain is east of the Fall Line.

The Fall Line

Piedmont

Coastal Plain

This satellite image clearly shows the fall line. Can you see it?


Characteristics of the Coastal PlainCharacteristics of the Coastal PlainThe land is flat. There are many waterways. There is easy access to the Atlantic Ocean. People make their livings from fishing, shipbuilding, US military installations, shipping, and tourism.

The land is flat. There are many waterways. There is easy access to the Atlantic Ocean. People make their livings from fishing, shipbuilding, US military installations, shipping, and tourism.

This is what the Atlantic Ocean looks

like, right on the beach.


Sunset on the mouth of the James River at Newport News

Rivers in the Coastal Plain are wide and flow slowly. They empty into the Chesapeake Bay. The place where the river joins the Chesapeake Bay, is the mouth of the river.

The Coastal Plain (Tidewater)


Many people make their living in the shipping industry.

This is a freighter near the mouth of the James River in the Hampton Roads area of Tidewater. A freighter carries manufactured goods and

raw materials to be sold.

Can you tell how big this freighter is?



Shipbuilding is an important industry.

This is the Newport News Shipyard, where a huge ocean-going ship is being built.


A federal military

installation is often called a military base.

Another major industry of the Coastal Plain is federal military installations.


A federal military installation belongs to the United States government. The military includes the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. Many people in the

Coastal Plain region work for the military.

An air traffic controller Cutting the ribbon for a new Navy base building

Do you know someone who is in the military?


Seafood is the major product of the Seafood is the major product of the Coastal Plain.Coastal Plain. The fishing industry produces The fishing industry produces

seafood. People fish for a living. seafood. People fish for a living. They sell their catch to seafood They sell their catch to seafood companies that process, package, companies that process, package, and distribute the seafood. This and distribute the seafood. This means many jobs for workers in means many jobs for workers in the Coastal Plain. Here we see the Coastal Plain. Here we see shrimp boats at the dock.shrimp boats at the dock.

Do you like fish and shrimp? How about oysters?

SOL VS.2a, 2b, 2c, 10b The Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

Many people make their living from tourism.

This is Virginia Beach, where many tourists go for vacations.

Do you like to go to the beach?


The Chesapeake Bay, in the Coastal Plain, borders Virginia on the east.

Here is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel,

which connects Hampton Roads with the Eastern Shore.

Is this a big bridge, or what!


The Chesapeake Bay is a source of seafood for Virginia and the United States. Water sports contribute to the economy of the region.

What is the name of this water sport?


The Chesapeake Bay is very large. It is several miles from one side to the other. The bay has 12,000 miles of shoreline.

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Here is a photo of the Chesapeake Bay, taken from a satellite.


The Chesapeake Bay gets very high waves, just like the ocean, when the wind blows hard.


The James River

The James River, in the coastal plain, is the southernmost river

that empties into the Chesapeake Bay. Huge

freighters can come up the James River to the natural barrier at the Fall Line.




This is a bridge over the mouth of the York River,

at Yorktown.

The York River

The James River

The mouth of the York River is north of the James River, in the Coastal Plain.

The mouth of the York River is north of the James River, in the Coastal Plain.

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The mouth of the Rappahannock River is in the Tidewater, or the Coastal Plain, emptying its waters into the Chesapeake Bay.



Fredericksburg is an old city on the Rappahannock River, at the Fall Line.


The Coastal Plain (Tidewater)The mouth of the Potomac River is also located in Virginia’s Coastal Plain. The Potomac is Virginia’s northernmost river. It is a border of Virginia. It divides Virginia from Maryland and from Washington, D.C.

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Alexandria, an old city, is located on the Potomac River. This is an old painting of Alexandria in the old days of sailing ships.


Here is a modern-day

view of Alexandria,

on the Potomac

River.

This river is really wide in the Coastal Plain, isn’t it?


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The Coastal Plain (Tidewater) contains the Eastern Shore.

Virginia’s Eastern ShoreThe Eastern Shore is a peninsula. A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered on three sides by water. A peninsula sticks out into the water.

Here is a road map of the

Eastern Shore. See all the water? There aren’t many roads, are there?


The Eastern Shore is

bordered by the

Chesapeake Bay to the

west and the Atlantic

Ocean to the east.

The Eastern Shore gets its name because it is is the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.


There are no major cities on the Eastern There are no major cities on the Eastern Shore. People live in small towns and Shore. People live in small towns and fish for a living. Wildlife is plentiful, fish for a living. Wildlife is plentiful, including wild ponies.including wild ponies.


Let’s review the Coastal Plain:

•Also called Tidewater•Flat land•Location near the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay•Includes the Eastern Shore, a peninsula east of the Chesapeake Bay

•East of the Fall Line•Product: seafood•Industries: shipbuilding, tourism, federal military

installations



Footbridge over the Dan River in Danville, VA


What are the characteristics of the Piedmont?

1.1. Means “land at the Means “land at the foot of the foot of the mountains”mountains”

2.2. Rolling hillsRolling hills3.3. West of the fall lineWest of the fall line

4. Products: tobacco 4. Products: tobacco products and products and information information technologytechnology

5. Industries: 5. Industries: technology, federal technology, federal and state and state government, farming, government, farming, and textilesand textiles

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What city is this?

SOL VS.2a, 2b, 2c, 10bThe Piedmont region is between the Coastal Plain and the Blue Ridge Mountains.


The Piedmont Region is separated from the Coastal Plain by the Fall

Line.

The Fall Line

Piedmont

Coastal Plain

This satellite image clearly shows the fall line. Can you see it?


The Fall Line got its name because The Fall Line got its name because that’s where the waterfalls start. that’s where the waterfalls start.

There are no waterfalls in the Coastal There are no waterfalls in the Coastal Plain because the land is too flat. The Plain because the land is too flat. The

land rises sharply at the Fall Line. land rises sharply at the Fall Line. There are small waterfalls in the There are small waterfalls in the

Piedmont because the Piedmont has Piedmont because the Piedmont has hills for the water to fall down. hills for the water to fall down.

Waterfalls are bigger in the Waterfalls are bigger in the mountains, because the mountains mountains, because the mountains

are steeper and higher.are steeper and higher.


Rapids are places in a Rapids are places in a river where rocks and the river where rocks and the

downward slope of the downward slope of the land make the river run land make the river run very fast. Rapids make very fast. Rapids make the river dangerous for the river dangerous for

boats. River traffic cannot boats. River traffic cannot move past the rapids.move past the rapids.


This is the Rappahannock River, near Fredericksburg. See the rocks in the river? You are looking at rapids on the Fall Line, between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont regions.


The Piedmont region is west of the Fall Line.

Danville is also west of the Fall Line. There are rapids in the Dan River. Have you seen them?

Danville

Fall Line


Piedmont means “land at the foot of the mountains.” From this view,

in the Piedmont, you can see the

mountains. You are at the foot, or

the bottom, of the mountains.

Pied means foot. Mont means mountain.


The Piedmont Region has rolling hills.

Have you ridden your bike up and down the Piedmont’s rolling hills?

Which do you like better, up or down?


The Piedmont region is famous

for growing tobacco. Tobacco is a major product

of the Piedmont.


Information technology is another product of the Piedmont.

Information technology means the technology we use to get

and send information. Computers and satellites are part of this industry. Many technology companies are

located in Northern Virginia.

What is this? What is this? How is it part How is it part

of of information information technology?technology?


Northern Virginia, in the Piedmont, is also famous for federal government jobs.

Many northern Virginians work for the Federal government, because Washington, D.C., our nation’s

capital, is just across the Potomac River. They go across the Potomac River every day to work. There are also

some federal government buildings in northern Virginia itself, where Virginians are employed. Federal

government jobs are a major industry of the Piedmont.


Richmond is in the Piedmont. Many people in Richmond work for the state government. State government is a major industry of the Piedmont.

Virginia’s state capitol building, where state senators and delegates meet to make our state’s laws.

Why is state

government a major

industry of the

piedmont?


Many people in the piedmont farm. Farming is a major Piedmont industry.

Have you ever helped to do farm work? Is it easy or hard?


Textiles are also a major industry of the Piedmont. The textile industry is found in and near Danville.

Here we see, on both sides of the Dan River, the factory buildings of

Dan River, Inc., Danville’s textile mill. This picture was taken

about 50 years ago, but some things still look exactly the same. Do

you recognize anything in this picture?



Lynchburg is also in the Piedmont region.

This is a postcard of Lynchburg.

Do you think the

card is old or new? Why do

you think that?


Let’s review the Piedmont:

•Land at the foot of the mountains•Rolling hills

•West of the Fall Line•Products: tobacco products and information technology

•Industries: technology, federal and state government, farming, and textiles



What are the characteristics of the Blue Ridge Mountains?

1. Old, rounded mountains

2. Part of the Appalachian mountain system

3. Located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions

4. Source of many rivers

5. Product: apples

6. Industry: recreation


The Blue Ridge Mountains are located between the Piedmont

and the Valley and Ridge Region.

Piedmont

Blue Ridge Mountains

Valley and Ridge


The Blue Ridge Mountains are old, rounded mountains.


Recreation is a major business in the Blue Ridge Mountains. People come to drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway and look at the beautiful views.

The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of the AppalachianAppalachian mountain system.

The Appalachian mountain system stretches from Maine to Georgia.


Tourists come to the Blue Ridge Mountains to see the interesting underground caverns there.

The Blue Ridge Mountains are located between the Piedmont

and the Valley and Ridge regions.

Have you seen one

of Virginia’s caverns?

Which one?


Trout fishing is another

recreational attraction that

brings tourists to the Blue Ridge

Mountains. The many streams

where the trout are found, are

sources of many of Virginia’s

rivers.

The Blue Ridge Mountains are the source of many rivers.

Source: the beginningDo you like fishing for recreation?


The major industry in the Blue Ridge Mountains is recreation.

Skiing is a popular recreation in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Ski Resorts are part of the tourist industry.


Recreation brings many

tourists to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

People like to hike the

mountain trails and climb on

the rocks. This is Natural

Bridge, which many tourists come to see.


Apples are the major product of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Workers climb ladders to pick the apples at harvest time in the Blue

Ridge Mountains.


Apples are the major product of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The apples are packed in wooden crates and shipped all over the world.

Do you eat apples from the Blue Ridge Mountains?


Let’s review the Blue Ridge Mountains:

•Old, rounded mountains•Part of the Appalachian mountain system•Located between the Piedmont and the Valley and

Ridge regions•Source of many rivers

•Product: apples•Industry: recreation



What are the characteristics of the Valley and Ridge Region?

Fog hangs over the valley, as the surrounding ridges peek through the

clouds.

SOL VS.2a, 2b, 2c, 10bThe Valley and Ridge Region is west of

the Blue Ridge Mountains.


The Valley and Ridge Region includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys

separated by ridges.Water rushing over rocks, tumbling downhill, is a

common sight along the Valley and Ridge Region’s numerous

creeks.


The Valley and Ridge Region contains the Great Valley

of Virginia and other valleys.

Roanoke is a major city in Virginia’s Valley and Ridge Region. Roanoke grew because it became a railroad center.

SOL VS.2a, 2b, 2c, 10b The Valley and Ridge Region

Another city of the Valley and Ridge Region is Harrisonburg.

This is a bed and breakfast hotel in Harrisonburg. Can you see that the Valley and Ridge

Region gets quite a bit of snow in the winter?


Farming is the important industry in the Shenandoah Valley, in the Valley and Ridge Region.


Poultry is an important farm product in the Shenandoah Valley.

Chickens and turkeys are poultry. Much of the

chicken you eat is raised in the Valley and Ridge.

What is this person holding?


Apples are also an important farm product of the Valley and Ridge.


Let’s review the Valley and Ridge:

•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•Located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains•Products: poultry and apples•Industry: farming



What are the characteristics of the Appalachian Plateau?What are the characteristics of the Appalachian Plateau?

What is a plateau?

A coal mining town in the Appalachian Plateau, around 1900


A plateau is an area of elevated (up high) land that is flat on top.

A plateau is an area of elevated (up high) land that is flat on top.

What is a

plateau?

What is a

plateau?

Would you like to go four-wheeling in the Appalachian Plateau?


The Appalachian Plateau is located in southwest Virginia.

The Appalachian Plateau extends into other states,

like Kentucky and Tennessee. Only a

small part of the Appalachian Plateau is in

Virginia.


The major product of the Appalachian Plateau is

coal.

This is what coal looks like. It is a “seam” of

coal in between

other rock.


Here a coal seam has caught fire

and burns in the mountain.

Coal is a mineral found in the earth. It is like a rock, but it will burn, giving off very hot heat.

Coal is a mineral found in the earth. It is like a rock, but it will burn, giving off very hot heat.


People used to use coal a lot to heat their houses.

Today, however, its major use is in coal-fired power

plants, where electricity is generated.


The major product of the Appalachian Plateau is coal.

This railroad car will carry coal from the mine to the power plant.

Have you seen coal cars like this on the train tracks?


The major product of the Appalachian Plateau is coal.

Coal miners use very heavy, dangerous

equipment. You have to be very careful.


The major industry of the Appalachian Plateau is coal mining.

Here we see miners in the mine in 1901.


The major industry of the Appalachian Plateau is coal mining.

Inside a coal mine today, a miner checks a roof for safety. Why are

mines still very dangerous today? Do

you see any safety equipment?


Let’s review the Let’s review the Appalachian Plateau:Appalachian Plateau:Let’s review the Let’s review the Appalachian Plateau:Appalachian Plateau:

•Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is flat flat on topon top•Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is Plateau: an area of elevated (high) land that is flat flat on topon top•Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is

located in Virginialocated in Virginia•Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is

located in Virginialocated in Virginia•Located in southwest VirginiaLocated in southwest Virginia•Located in southwest VirginiaLocated in southwest Virginia•Product: coalProduct: coal•Product: coalProduct: coal•Industry: coal miningIndustry: coal mining•Industry: coal miningIndustry: coal mining


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