Physical Features of GA REVIEW

The blue line represents what Georgia river?

• Flint
• Savannah
• Ocmulgee
• Chattahoochee

What boundary that separates the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain?

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

• Barrier Islands

• Fall Line

What physical feature is a major river that begins in the Blue Ridge mountains and flows downward to create a border forms a border with Alabama?

• Chattahoochee River

• Savannah River

• Chattanooga River

• St. Marys River

What physical feature of Georgia is located at #8 on the map?

• Barrier Islands

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Fall Line

• Savannah River

Which is a physical feature of fresh water wetland in South Georgia that provides habitats for endangered wildlife?

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Alligator Alley

• Southern Marsh

• Sea Island

What physical feature is located off the coast of Georgia, that provides protection for the mainland from wind, waves, and storms?

• Continental Shelf

• Barrier Islands

• Okefenokee Swamp

• Gulf Stream

What is a major river in Georgia that serves as the GA-SC border, is important to shipping, and is along which the first English settlements in Georgia were established?

• Oconee River

• Mississippi River

• Savannah River

• Alcovy River

What mountain range begins in North Georgia and stretches all the way North to Maine?

• Canadian Shield

• Appalachian Mts

• Rocky Mts

• Andes Mts

Why is the fall line important to Georgia?

• It provides waters for Mills and Factories and it allows Hydrolectic power production
• The major cities are located there
• It provides habitat for endangered and threatened species 
• Most earthquakes happen on the fall line

How are the Savannah and Chattahoochee Rivers alike?

• They both create borders with nearby states.

• They both flow to the Gulf of Mexico.

• They both flow to the Atlantic Ocean.

• They are both used primarily for a shipping channel.