5 Regions Of Virginia

Question: Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

Answer: - Flat land

• Location near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay (includes Eastern Shore)

• - East of the Fall Line

• Question: Piedmont

• Answer: - Rolling hills at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains

• - Located between the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region and Blue Ridge Mountains

• - West of the Fall Line

• Question: Blue Ridge Mountains

• Answer: - Old, rounded mountains

• - Part of the Appalachian Mountain system

• - Located between the Piedmont and Valley and Ridge regions

• - Source of many rivers

• Question: Valley and Ridge

• Answer: - Includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges

• - Located west of Blue Ridge Mountains, which are part of the Appalachian Mountain system

• - Includes the Cumberland Gap

• Question: Appalachian Plateau

• Answer: - Located in Southwest Virginia

• - Only a small part of the plateau is located in Virginia, near the Kentucky and West Virginia borders