North Carolina Piedmont Region

The Piedmont Region is located between the ___ and the ___.

• Coastal Plain Region and Mountain Region

• New York and New Jersey

• Canada and United States

• South Carolina and North Carolina

Piedmont is a French word meaning _____.

• feet

• mountain

• foot of the mountain

• middle

The _____ is a semicircular band of cities and towns.

• Research Triangle

• Piedmont Urban Crescent

• Fall Line

• Shoal

A place where a sea, river or other body of water becomes shallow.

• fall line

• tributary

• shoal

• plateau

A broad flat area of high land raised above the surrounding land.

• fall line

• tributary

• shoal

• plateau

a line joining the waterfalls on numerous rivers that marks the point where each river descends from the upland to the lowland.

• fall line

• tributary

• shoal

• plateau

a stream flowing into a larger stream of lake

• fall line

• tributary

• shoal

• plateau

Below the fall line you will find ....

• sluggish and smooth flowing streams

• rapids and waterfalls

• rocky and shallow streams

Rivers that drain on the eastern side of the Blue Ridge create streams and valleys that are not passable, however, people in this region use this area for ...

• shipping supplies

• windmills

• waterpower uses

The largest planned research center in the United States lies inside the Piedmont and is found in ...

• Research Triangle Park

• The Piedmont Urban Crescent

• Both a and b