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Southeast Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain, often referred to as the "Coastal Empire", is a subregion that encompasses the lowest-lying areas of the Atlantic coastal plain in the state, containing barrier islands, marshes, and swampy lowlands, as well as flat plains and low terraces. [1]
Coastal Georgia is a ten-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering South Carolina and Florida. [1] It comprises a substantial portion of the state's Lower Coastal Plain. The region's largest city and metropolitan area is Savannah. Coastal Georgia's total population was 731,630 according to the 2020 United States census.
The Coastal Plain includes the Sandhills or Carolina Sandhills, a 10–35 mi (16–56 km) wide region within the Atlantic Coastal Plain province. [9] Rocks in the exposed Coastal Plain region of Georgia range from the Late Cretaceous Tuscaloosa Formation to modern Holocene sediments actively forming along the Atlantic coast.
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The Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line, or Fall Zone, is a 900-mile (1,400 km) escarpment where the Piedmont and Atlantic coastal plain meet in the eastern United States. [2] Much of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line passes through areas where no evidence of faulting is present.
Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States in North America.The Golden Isles of Georgia lie off the coast of the state. The main geographical features include mountains such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in the northwest, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast, the Piedmont plateau in the central portion of the state and Coastal Plain in the south.
The Atlantic coastal plain upland longleaf pine woodland is an endemic plant community found in most of the Atlantic coastal plain, ranging from Virginia to northern Florida. These woodland savannas are reliant on sandy soils and are fire dependent, lest hardwoods start to dominate.
Southeast Georgia is an eighteen-county region within the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Florida. [1] The region includes a portion of Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain . Southeast Georgia's largest city is Valdosta , which forms the core of the Valdosta metropolitan area .